Before arriving in Japan, I had never considered hiking up a mountain in full winter gear just to race back down it on a thin piece of wood. My idea of a ski trip included semi-early mornings and a ...

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. It is the first eruption from ...

Amazing footage taken by Japan's Coast Guard shows an eruption near Iwo Jima after an eruption just two months prior to when ...

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 ...

An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long.

"But we stopped it as volcanic tremors were detected," a Japanese police official told AFP. "We'll discuss with experts to see if we'll resume our operation," he said. There had not been any reports ...

A volcano in southern Japan erupted early Sunday sending a plume of ash and smoke into the sky and prompting a warning over ashfall.

Watch a live view of the Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan as the volcano spews a column of smoke and ash into the air after erupting on Sunday.

Japan’s most active volcano began erupting on Sunday, spewing ash and dust over the neighboring city of Kagoshima. City residents are used to the mountain’s temperamental behavior—Mount Sakurajima has ...

US tariff rates will end 2025 above 15%. Experts don't expect these rates to come down much in 2026. HELOC and home equity loan rates today, December 30, 2025: Home equity rates set to close the year ...