TOKYO — A revived volcano in southern Japan erupted Tuesday with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 5 miles (8 kilometers) away. The ...

After Mount Shinmoedake in southwestern Japan erupted on June 22, an image was shared in social media posts falsely claiming it showed lava and smoke spewing out of the volcano. The image, however, ...

Japanese meteorological agencies said the Shinmoedake volcano had erupted in the early hours of Thursday morning, August 28, sending a plume of ash 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) into the sky. Officials ...

TOKYO — A revived volcano in southern Japan erupted Tuesday with its biggest explosion yet, shooting out a huge plume of gas, boulders and ash and breaking windows 5 miles away. The danger zone around ...

The 1421-metre Shinmoedake volcano erupted last week for the first time in 52 years. The volcano is located in a remote part of the Kirishima range on the southern Japan island of Kyushu. No injuries ...

TOKYO -- Officials urged more than 1,000 residents to seek safer ground on Monday and expanded a no-access zone around a volcano that has exploded back to life in southern Japan. The 4,662-foot ...

A volcano erupted in Japan on Thursday as the country approaches the date of a 'mega disaster' forecast by a 'prophet' decades ago. The huge blast took place on Mount Shinmoedake at 2:01pm local time, ...

The string of active volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean has lived up to its "Ring of Fire" name lately, sparking mass evacuations in Indonesia and Vanuatu and unsettling part of southwestern Japan.

TOKYO (AP) -- The weather agency says a volcano in southern Japan is spewing ash and rock again as the country struggles with the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in the north. The ...

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