Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Search and rescue is still on for the people who were on board: a Japanese pilot in his 60s, a man in his 40s, and a woman in her ...

Folks in Japan have been sharing their own videos of the eruption — some from their commutes: Mount Aso in southern Japan has erupted sending a massive column of grey smoke billowing into the sky.

A volcano in southern Japan erupted Wednesday with a massive column of gray smoke billowing into the sky. The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the warning level for Mount Aso to three on a scale of ...

Mount Aso, located on the island of Kyushu in southwest Japan, is one of the world's largest volcanoes. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Mount Aso comprises the Aso caldera and post ...

Three bodies have been found in a volcanic crater on one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, a month after a sightseeing helicopter crashed near the area, authorities said on Thursday. The local fire ...

Japan is one of the world's most volcanically active countries - Copyright AFP Phill Magakoe Japan is one of the world's most volcanically active countries ...

A sightseeing helicopter that went missing with three people on board was found to have crashed near Mount Aso, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, according to the country’s transport ministry.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mount Aso, a volcano on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu, erupted early on Saturday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said, spewing volcanic ash 11,000 metres (7 miles) into the ...