while a man said he was "very happy that we had rain yesterday". The wildfire burnt about 2,900 hectares around half the size of Manhattan making it Japan's largest in more than 50 years ...

"It didn't rain or snow at all this year... Thank goodness it rained today though. I can only hope it will help contain the situation," the seaweed and scallop farmer said. Japan endured its ...

(Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki) TOKYO -- The first rain fell March 5 since massive forest fires broke out Feb. 26 in the northeastern Japan city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. However, the situation ...

OFUNATO, Japan — Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century on Wednesday in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather gave hope for some relief. The blaze around the northern city of ...

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century ... who fled his home to stay with a relative. "It didn't rain or snow at all this year... Thank goodness it rained today though.

Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century Wednesday ... who fled his home to stay with a relative, told AFP. "It didn't rain or snow at all this year... Thank goodness it rained today though.

Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is published to mark the 80th anniversary of the terrible events of that time.

OFUNATO: Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a ... told AFP. "It didn't rain or snow at all this year... Thank goodness it rained today though. I can only hope it will help contain the ...

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Rosie Rosas, a Dodgers fans from San Diego, made the trip to Tokyo with her son to visit her husband who works in Japan. Tickets for the Dodgers-Cubs games were impossible. But shopping was not. “It ...

The wildfire in Iwate Prefecture has slowed down after two days of rain through Thursday, with the government announcing plans to offer financial support for disaster victims whose houses have ...