TOKYO — A snowcapped volcano northwest of Tokyo erupted early Monday, sending up a huge plume of smoke and gas and raining fine, powdery ash on parts of Japan's capital. There were no reports of ...

TOKYO (AP) — A popular hiking site in central Japan turned into a death trap Saturday when a volcano erupted. At least 31 people are believed to have been killed at Mount Ontake, though authorities ...

A volcano spewed ash and smoke plumes in a spectacular eruption in Japan. Footage captured by the Japanese Coast Guard shows the volcano belching gas and molten material on Niijima island, some 100 ...

TOKYO (AP) — A volcano erupted on a small island in southern Japan on Friday, spewing black clouds of ash and rock towering into the sky and prompting authorities to tell residents to evacuate the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A volcano erupted in Japan on Wednesday, blasting ash several miles into the sky and prompting officials to warn against the threat of lava flows and falling rocks, but there were no ...

A volcano eruption has raised a small islet in the sea off the Japanese coast and south of Tokyo. A volcano eruption has raised a small islet in the sea off the Japanese coast and south of Tokyo. The ...

TOKYO (AP) -- A volcano near Tokyo erupted Monday, shooting up billowing smoke and showering parts of the capital with a fine ash that sent some city residents to the car wash and left others puzzled ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - At least 36 people are feared to have died after a Japanese volcano erupted without warning at the weekend, raining ash and stones on hikers, but the search for victims was abandoned ...

TOKYO (AP) — Finally reaching the ash-covered summit of a still-erupting volcano in central Japan, rescue workers made a grim discovery Sunday: 31 apparently dead people, some reportedly buried in ...

WWII ships sunk during the epic Battle of Iwo Jima have been raised from the bottom of the ocean after tremors from a Japanese volcano. Satellite images show the battered remains of 24 transport ...

TOKYO, Japan, September 29, 2014 (ENS) – At least 31 people may have lost their lives as the sudden eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan Saturday took climbers by surprise, trapping them near the ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Volcanic ash sprinkled over downtown Tokyo on Friday as one of Japan's most active volcanos erupted for a fourth straight day, blowing gray smoke as high as a mile in the air. Mount ...