Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted shortly before noon on Oct. 20, sending a massive plume of dark volcanic smoke up to 3,500 meters high. The first crater of Mount Nakadake erupted ...

KUMAMOTO--With the grandeur of Mount Aso in the background, around 20 cranes were erecting what will be a fortress-like building on a 21-hectare site in Kikuyo town, Kumamoto Prefecture.

The petition was filed over safety concerns by some 1,500 residents living near the plant in Ehime Prefecture, which is operated by Shikoku Electric Power.

Travel through one of the largest calderas in the world at Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Pref. The caldera has fertile ground to sustain crops and livestock.

TASS/. Mount Aso volcano has rumbled to life in Japan, the country’s meteorological authorities said on Saturday. The volcano located in the Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan’s south-west has ...

TOKYO, April 19. /TASS/. A new volcano eruption has been observed on Mount Aso in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Meteorological Agency said on Friday. This is the second eruption on Mount Aso ...

According to Japanese media, a sightseeing helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing around noon on Sunday in Kumamoto ... volcanic crater at Mount Aso when it crashed-landed on mountains ...