This is the first time that Level 3 has been issued for the mountain since the alert system was introduced in 2008.

Japan's Sakurajima volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion, blasting a towering 4,400-metre ash plume into the sky and triggering ashfall alerts across Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Miyazaki. The ...

The volcanic alert level for Mount Tokachi on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido was raised to three on a scale of five, ...

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 ...

Three bodies have been found in a volcanic crater on one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, a month after a sightseeing helicopter crashed near the area, authorities said on Thursday. The local fire ...

New volcanic activity Wednesday forced Japanese police to suspend search operations a day after an eruption near a popular ski resort that killed a soldier and injured several other people. A group of ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Large clouds of smoke billow from Japan’s most famous mountain. In no time, volcanic ash spreads to the heavily populated capital of Tokyo, fogging up the air and blanketing buildings ...