A powerful eruption rocked Japan as the Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture blasted a towering ash plume 4,400 meters into the sky. The explosion, which occurred around 12:57 AM, marks the most ...

A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu erupted multiple times on Sunday, sending a plume of smoke and ash as high as 4.4 kilometres (2.73 miles) into the air and causing dozens of flight ...

TOKYO (AP) — A popular hiking site in central Japan turned into a death trap Saturday when a volcano erupted. At least 31 people are believed to have been killed at Mount Ontake, though authorities ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A volcano in Japan erupted on Thursday, shooting clouds of smoke and rocks into the sky, and prompting authorities to ban access to the peak, but there were no reports of any damage ...

Sakurajima volcano on Kyushu, Japan, erupted multiple times early Sunday morning, sending ash over 2.7 miles (4,400 meters) into the air and forcing dozens of flight cancellations as authorities ...

Volcanoes are active globally, offering exciting hiking opportunities. Travellers can safely climb Mount Etna in Italy, ...

Japanese researchers have launched a large-scale project to excavate houses buried by ash during an eruption of Mount Fuji ...

A JUMP IN SEISMIC ACTIVITY HAS FORCED JAPAN TO HALT ITS RECOVERY EFFORTS AT MOUNT ONTAKE FOLLOWING SATURDAY’S ERUPTION THAT KILLED DOZENS OF CLIMBERS – JAPAN’S SELF DEFENSE FORCE HAD PLANNED TO BRING ...

TOKYO -- A volcano in central Japan erupted Saturday, catching mountain climbers by surprise and stranding at least 40 injured people in areas that rescue workers have been unable to reach. Another ...

TOKYO (AP) — Mount Aso in southern Japan sent huge plumes of gray smoke as high as 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) into the air on Saturday in one of the volcano’s biggest explosions in years. The Japan ...