Officials cautioned it was too early to say for sure the fire had stopped growing. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century Wednesday (Mar 5) in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather ...

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century on Wednesday in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather gave ...

Japan’s worst wildfire in more than half a century, which killed at least one person, has been brought under control, the ...

Steady rainfall on Wednesday has helped contain the spread of a week-long wildfire in Ofunato City of Japan's Iwate ...

TOKYO: Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, which killed at least one person, has been brought under control, ...

Firefighters from 14 Japanese regions, including units from Tokyo, were now tackling the blaze, with 16 helicopters -- ...

Firefighters on Tuesday were battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the ...

Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest ... Although January to March is ...

More than 2,000 firefighters are battling Japan's biggest forest fire in three decades, officials said Monday, as some 4,600 ...