Japan is stepping up its volcano research that trails far behind ... When the hazard map was adjusted in 2021, the number of people who need to evacuate increased about sevenfold to 116,000 ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out an unprecedentedly detailed survey of pumice rafts in the aftermath of the 2021 Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba volcanic eruption in Japan.

Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning Sunday for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, telling people not to approach and that an eruption "may occur". There was, however ...