This stunning astronaut photo shows the natural beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera — a giant crater-like bowl containing 17 different volcanoes, leftover from major eruptions spanning over 200,000 years.

Sakurajima volcano erupted in Japan, sending an ash plume 1,600 metres into the sky. The explosive eruption occurred at 4:34 pm local time in Kagoshima, located on the southern island of Kyushu.

Mount Fuji shows no immediate signs of erupting, but officials in Tokyo have updated guidelines to follow in the event it ...

The Sakurajima volcano erupted in Japan, sending ash soaring up to 2,000 metres above the crater. Authorities confirmed that the volcanic activity occurred on Thursday, May 22, at around 8:54 am. This ...

A research group in Japan has suggested that ash from volcanic eruptions on Nishinoshima Island—part of Japan's Ogasawara ...

Lava flows create a map-like pattern on black basalt rocks at Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano, which erupted in March 2021 for the first time in nearly 800 years. On June 2, 2025, Italy’s Mount Etna, ...

Friday’s volcano eruption on the island of Kuchinoerabu ... There were no reports of injuries but it served as yet another reminder that Japan, the world’s third largest economy, sits amid a ...

The revised plan details everything from clearing key roads to stockpiling masks and goggles, as Tokyo prepares for a worst-case scenario.