A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu had multiple eruptions on Sunday, Nov. 16, sending a plume of smoke and ash almost three miles into the air, causing tens of flight cancellations ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's massive 2011 earthquake may trigger more, and larger, volcanic eruptions over the next few decades, perhaps even that of Mount Fuji - but predicting them remains close to ...

A volcano has erupted in Japan, sending plumes of lava and clouds of ash high into the sky. Sakurajima, a stratovolcano in southern Japan, began erupting on Wednesday evening and continued on Thursday ...

An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long.

The island known as Niijima, a natural phenomenon that abruptly emerged from the ocean less than a year ago, has now vanished, according to the Japanese Coast Guard, underscoring the erratic nature of ...

An underwater volcano is erupting out of the sea and has given birth to Japan's newest island. The volcano-spawned, baby land mass is about 660 feet in diameter and is located some 600 miles south of ...

A new study has investigated the use of a new monitoring technique for early warning of a volcanic eruption. The research team compared the earthquake signals during two eruptions of Ontake Volcano in ...

Japan's Mount Shinmoedake, part of the Kirishima mountain range on Kyushu Island, erupted dramatically on Wednesday, July 2, sending a towering ash plume into the sky and prompting an official ...