Sakurajima volcano on Japan’s Osumi peninsula averages around 200 eruptions per year, but there is a sizable population base ...

Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupted late on 18 April, sending an ash plume up to 7,500ft into the sky over Kagoshima ...

The eruption from the Minamidake crater sent ash plumes soaring up to 3,400 meters into the sky, blanketing large parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in volcanic ash.

Japan’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday afternoon, sending an ash plume 3.4km into the sky, grounding flights and ...

A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu erupted multiple times on Sunday, sending a plume of smoke and ash as ...

KAGOSHIMA--A massive eruption occurred at Mount Sakurajima here on the evening of July 24, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue the highest alert urging residents to evacuate. The ...

Sakurajima is neither a famed sakura cherry tree spot, nor is it an island—shima or jima. You can board a ferry from Kagoshima and land at Sakurajima port in 15 minutes. The fee, paid on arrival, is ...

One of Japan's most active volcanoes will erupt very soon, researchers who have been studying a build-up of magma have said - with potentially devastating consequences. The University of Bristol ...