Before arriving in Japan, I had never considered hiking up a mountain in full winter gear just to race back down it on a thin piece of wood. My idea of a ski trip included semi-early mornings and a ...

A volcanic eruption has rocked southern Japan, sending an ash cloud soaring 2,800metres into the sky a day before a prophecy said a 'mega disaster' would hit. Japan's Meteorological Agency is now ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted the Volcano Islands, Japan region at 0355 GMT on Monday (March 2), the German ...

The Japanese government has released an AI-generated video warning Tokyo residents of the potential impact if Mount Fuji were to erupt. The haunting video depicts volcanic ash spreading across the ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A volcano on Sakurajima in southwestern Japan erupted again on Sunday. The Minamidake crater spewed a column of smoke and ash ...

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 ...

(CNN) — A 49-year-old man has died, and at least 10 others are injured, after a volcano erupted near the popular Japanese ski resort of Kusatsu, shooting flaming rocks into the sky. The eruption of ...

Earlier strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit the Volcano Islands, Japan region at 16:37 UTC on January 21, 2026. The agency reported a depth of 25.5 km (15.8 miles). EMSC ...

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.