"Thanks in part to the rain, the situation has subsided to an ... surpassing the 2,700 hectares engulfed by a 1975 fire on ...

Local governments in two Japanese prefectures ordered the evacuation of nearly 2,800 people Monday where wildfires continue ...

Japan’s worst wildfire in more than half a century ... “Thanks in part to the rain, the situation has subsided to an extent,” Ofunato Mayor Kiyoshi Fuchigami told a regular briefing. “We realise many ...

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century on Wednesday ... I can only hope it will help contain the situation," the seaweed and scallop farmer said. Japan endured its hottest summer ...

Military and fire department helicopters are trying to douse the ... we may need to halt production", describing the situation as "tense". Japanese baseball prodigy Roki Sasaki -- who recently joined ...