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

A massive wildfire in northeastern Japan has continued to spread, burning around 3,000 hectares, despite the first rainfall ...

The forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, had burned some 2,900 hectares, or 9 % of the total area of the northeastern ...

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

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

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

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

Japan continued to battle its worst wildfire in half a century on Wednesday in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet ...

Aerial footage captures the scale and destruction of a forest fire burning in northern Japan. As of Thursday, the blaze has ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that the government would consider whether to declare the wildfire ...

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

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