Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out an unprecedentedly detailed survey of pumice rafts in the ...

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 ...

Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning today for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, advising people not to approach and stating that an eruption “may occur”. However ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, smoke billowed from the volcano and reached a height of around 7,000 meters. The agency has issued a warning of falling ash in the Ogasawara chain ...

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Meteorological Agency on Sunday raised the volcanic alert for Shinmoedake in the Kyushu southwestern region to Level 3 from Level 2. The agency warned that ...

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, no ...