Wildfires have ravaged parts of western Japan, injuring two, displacing residents, and damaging homes. The blazes, ...

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 ...

Imabari and Aso broke out Sunday, quickly burning hundreds of hectares (acres). Six homes have been damaged in city of Okayama, where a fire started on Mount Kaigara and burned 250 hectares (600 ...

Those who want to visit Mount Hakkoda ... Fire Ceremony at Aso Shrine around Aso Caldera, Aso-Kuju National Park. Photograph Courtesy Ministry of the Environment, Japan. Sakura-jima is the ...

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 ...

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.