The active Sakurajima stratovolcano in Kagoshima, Japan, erupted on Sunday, sending a huge plume of ash into the sky.

Japan is crisscrossed with 111 active volcanoes. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is responsible for monitoring volcanic activity and providing related disaster preparedness information.

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The climate-altering eruption came from the Zavaritskii volcano on an uninhabited island in the Pacific that once hosted a ...

According to the analysis, the mystery volcano was Zavaritskii (also spelled Zavaritsky) on Simushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan. Before the ...

According to the analysis, the mystery volcano was Zavaritskii (also spelled Zavaritsky) on Simushir Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago, an area disputed by Russia and Japan.

Japan’s plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall.

Japan’s position along the “Ring of Fire”, a string of hundreds of volcanoes and earthquake sites in the Pacific Ocean, makes ...

"Finding the match took a long time and required extensive collaboration with colleagues from Japan and Russia, who sent us samples collected from these remote volcanoes decades ago." He continued ...