Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said Thursday, as ...

Rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, officials said Thursday, as ...

Officials said Thursday that rain appears to have halted the spread of Japan's worst wildfire in more than half a century, ...

The city saw 26.5 millimeters of rain on Wednesday, far exceeding the 2.5mm total for the entire month of February.

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

The wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, continued burning for an eighth day on Wednesday with the burnt area increasing by ...

Firefighting operations using helicopters resumed on Thursday morning for the first time in two days in Ofunato, Iwate ...

Local authorities in a wildfire-hit city in northeastern Japan are considering lifting evacuation orders for some areas after ...

The first rain fell March 5 since massive forest fires broke out Feb. 26 in the northeastern Japan city of Ofunato, Iwate ...

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

Roki Sasaki made his long awaited Cactus League debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cincinnati Reds, ...

Roki Sasaki, the 23-year-old rookie for the Los Angeles Dodgers, recently donated to assist his northern Japan town battling ...