Japan’s Shinmoedake volcanic eruption sends a towering ash plume. Learn how residents are affected, alert levels, eruption ...

Mount Shinmoedake volcano erupted in Japan, sending a plume of ash rising approximately 1,640ft above the crater. Footage ...

Mt. Shinmoe, an erupting volcano in southwestern Japan, was observed blowing an ash plume 5,000 meters above its crater, th ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on ...

Volcano erupts on Japan's main southern island 00:32. An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but one expert said it "may ...

Volcano erupts on Japan's main southern island 00:32. Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan 's main southern island of Kyushu, where a volcano spewed ash and large rocks into the ...

The eruption at Japan's Mount Ontake volcano caught hikers by surprise this weekend. More than 250 people were exploring shrines and resorts at the 10,062-foot-high peak, the country's second ...

TOKYO, Jan. 27, 2011 — -- A Japanese volcano in the southern Kyushu region erupted Wednesday, leaving fields in nearby towns coated with ash and prompting limited voluntary evacuations overnight.

The Shinmoedake volcano on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, 950 miles from the epicenter of last week’s magnitude 9 earthquake, spewed ash and rocks up to 2.5 miles into the air March 13.

Flights have been canceled across southern Japan after the country’s largest active volcano erupted, spewing thick clouds of ash high into the atmosphere. Mount Aso rumbled to life on Monday ...

Japan has 110 active volcanoes, according to JMA, which is no surprise as it sits on the Ring of Fire circling the Pacific rim, being one of the most active seismic and volcanic zones in the world.