The alert level for a volcano in southwestern Japan was raised Monday amid increasing seismic activity in the area, according to the Meteorological Agency.
With the level now at 2 on a 5-point scale, people have been warned not to approach the crater of Mount Shinmoe, a 1,421-meter-high volcano that straddles the Kagoshima-Miyazaki prefectural border.
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