Residents expressed relief on Saturday after spending their first night back home following the partial lifting of evacuation ...

The rapid spread of the wildfire in Ofunato was caused by both government neglect and the worsening of climate change around ...

Continuous rain on Wednesday has helped contain the spread of a week-long wildfire in the city of Ofunato, Japan's Iwate ...

"Aerial reconnaissance this morning has not confirmed any spread of fire, fire reaching buildings or white smoke," ...

Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze in more than ...

Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, lifted its evacuation orders for some of its wildfire-hit areas at 10 a.m. on Friday.

Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country's worst blaze in more than ...

An evacuation order affecting a northeastern Japan city was partially lifted Friday, as the risk of the further spread of a ...

The forest fire in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Iwate has weakened after two days of rain through Thursday, ...

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

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

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