A district court on Tuesday rejected a request by residents to halt operation of a nuclear reactor at the Ikata power plant in western Japan, dismissing concerns over earthquake risks and a potential ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor run by Shikoku Electric Power Co ...

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.

Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted shortly before ... smoke rising from the crater up to 11,000 meters high. The Japan Meteorological Agency at that time raised the volcanic alert level ...

YAMAGUCHI—An eruption of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture 90,000 years ... the longest such distance recorded in Japan, a scientist said. Tomohiro Tsuji, an assistant professor of geology ...

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.

TOKYO, October 8. /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 ...

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 ...