Sakurajima volcano roared back to life in early May 2026, punching an ash column roughly 11,500 feet into the sky and draping ...

Sakurajima volcano, the restless stratovolcano that looms across Kinko Bay from Kagoshima city, has hurled volcanic bombs as far as 1,300 meters from its crater during the current eruption cycle, ...

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

A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu had multiple eruptions on Sunday, Nov. 16, sending a plume of smoke and ash almost three miles into the air, causing tens of flight cancellations ...

Japan’s most active volcano erupted on Saturday afternoon, sending an ash plume 3.4km into the sky, grounding flights and blanketing the surrounding city of Kagoshima in debris. It was Sakurajima’s ...

The U.S. Embassy in Japan warns travelers about increased eruptions at Sakurajima volcano. "Do not enter the restricted 2 km radius around the Minamidake crater," the alert states. Travelers should ...

A volcano on Sakurajima in southwestern Japan erupted again on Sunday. The Minamidake crater spewed a column of smoke and ash thousands of meters (yards) into the air.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupted just after noon on Saturday, April 11, marking its first “explosive” eruption of the year.

One of Japan’s most active volcanoes could be close to a major eruption threatening the “Naples of the Eastern World”, research suggests. A team of experts developed pioneering techniques to map the ...