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VOLCANOS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2020
Pyroclastic flows from Mount Fuji eruption could sever roads used for evacuation, report says
A Mount Fuji disaster management council said Monday that pyroclastic flows could sever major roads in the instance of an eruption of Japan's tallest mountain, underscoring the need to review existing evacuation plans that use the roads.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2019
Mount Asama erupts for first time since 2015
Mount Asama, historically one of the nations most active volcanos, came back to life on Wednesday night, the Meteorological Agency reported, marking the first eruption since June 2015.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 9, 2018
Scientists defy 'force of nature' to unlock secrets of Hawaii volcano
Dressed in heavy cotton and wearing a helmet and respirator, Jessica Ball worked the night shift monitoring fissure 8, which has been spewing fountains of lava as high as a 15-story building from a slope on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2018
Volcano featured in James Bond movie erupts, ejecting smoke and rocks
A Japanese volcano that featured in a 1960s James Bond movie erupted explosively on Friday for the first time since April, sending smoke thousands of meters into the air less than a week after a strong earthquake shook Osaka Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2018
Another powerful eruption observed at Mount Shinmoe
Another powerful eruption was observed at Mount Shinmoe in southwestern Japan early Thursday, with ash sent spiralling into a plume around 5,000 meters high, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2018
Kyushu's Shinmoedake rumbles anew with explosive eruption
A volcano which was featured in the 1967 James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice" shot smoke and ash thousands of meters into the sky Tuesday, prompting the cancellation of flights to and from a nearby airport. The eruption is likely to continue for some time.
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2018
The Meteorological Agency needs to beef up its volcano monitoring and alert system.
When Mount Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture erupted without warning Jan. 23, killing one person and injuring 11 others, the Meteorological Agency was unable to issue an alert immediately after the eruption — the first one was issued only about an hour later. The town of Kusatsu, the site of a ski resort near the volcano, only managed to broadcast a disaster warning through a wireless system 50 minutes after the eruption. Along with verifying what happened at the volcano, the agency needs to look into whether the volcano observation and alert system in the area worked. The government and the volcanologist community should re-examine the current monitoring and alert system, and review ways to best respond to eruptions once they have taken place.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2018
Japanese officials rapped for slow response to volcanic eruption in Gunma
Following last week's eruption of Mount Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture, both central and local authorities have come under fire for failing to issue a warning to climbers and skiers in the area until about an hour after the blast.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2018
Gunma mountain was quiet for 3,000 years before sudden eruption
Fresh details emerge about the volcanic eruption on Mount Moto-Shirane in Gunma Prefecture and how it caught the Meteorological Agency and volcanic experts unaware.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2018
Businesses in Gunma resort town near volcanic eruption brace for impact on local economy
Tuesday's volcanic eruption near a ski resort in Gunma Prefecture, which left one dead and injured 11, is also impacting the local economy as visitors from Japan and overseas turn away from the popular travel destination.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2018
'I thought I was going to die': One killed and 11 injured after Gunma volcano erupts
The 9:59 a.m. eruption of the 2,171-meter mountain is the first since 1983, according to the Meteorological Agency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2017
Mount Shinmoe erupts second time in a week, showering southern Kyushu with ash
A volcano in Kyushu that erupted earlier this week for the first time in six years erupted again Saturday, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2017
Kyushu's Shinmoedake volcano erupts for first time in six years
Mount Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range bordering Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures erupted early Wednesday, marking its first such activity in about six years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2017
Shinmoedake volcano eruption warning raised to Level 2 as tremors increase
The Meteorological Agency has raised the warning level by one notch against a volcanic eruption for Shinmoedake peak, located in the Kirishima mountain range bordering between Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2017
Mount Ontake's volcanic alert warning set to lowest level since deadly 2014 eruption
The weather agency has slashed the volcanic alert level for central Japan's Mount Ontake to the lowest notch for the first time in about three years following a September 2014 eruption that left 58 people dead and five missing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2017
Mount Sakurajima has first major eruption in nine months
Mount Sakurajima had its first major eruption in nine months on Friday, sending a plume of ash high over Kagoshima Prefecture, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2017
Japan issues eruption warning for undersea volcano off Aogashima
The Meteorological Agency on Friday warned that an underwater volcano about 400 km south of Tokyo could erupt soon, spurring the Japan Coast Guard to issue an alert to ships in the area.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2017
Families of Mount Ontake eruption victims to sue government
A group of relatives of victims who died or went missing in the 2014 eruption of Mount Ontake plans to sue the central and prefectural governments for failing to alert hikers properly, the families said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2016
Mourners mark two years since deadly Mount Ontake eruption
Victims' relatives and local officials gathered Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the eruption of Mount Ontake, which claimed 58 lives and left five people unaccounted in the nation's deadliest postwar volcanic disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 29, 2016
Volcano warning issued for Mount Io in Kyushu
After observing an increase in the number of volcanic earthquakes, the Meteorological Agency has warned of a possible small eruption at Mount Io, which straddles the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima.

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