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

Wet weather looked poised to offer relief Wednesday as Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century in a northern ...

"It didn't rain or snow at all this year ... the situation," the seaweed and scallop farmer said. Japan endured its hottest summer on record last year as climate change pushes up temperatures ...

But rain and snow were falling Wednesday ... almost 4,000 people living nearby had complied with orders to evacuate. Japan endured its hottest summer on record last year, as climate change ...

Rain appears to have halted the spread ... surpassing the 2,700 hectares engulfed by a 1975 fire on Hokkaido island. Japan endured its hottest summer on record last year as climate change pushes ...

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