University of Tokyo researchers discovered an increase in a helium isotope during a ten-year period before the 2014 Mount Ontake eruption in central Japan. The finding suggests that this helium ...

NAGANO, Japan, Sept. 27 (UPI) --At least 40 hikers were injured in Japan Saturday when volcano Mount Ontake erupted. The eruption sent a dark plume of smoke into the air, ejecting rubble and covering ...

A sudden pyroclastic flow erupted in Japan on September 27th, sending hikers fleeing to the dubious safety of mountain lodges. Here’s an update covering your questions on what happened, why we didn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White plumes of gases and ash are spewed out from the summit crater of Mount Ontake in central Japan, Saturday morning, Oct. 4, ...

Five more lifeless bodies have been found on the slopes of Japan’s Mount Ontake, bringing the total number of presumed dead in a volcanic eruption Saturday to 36. Twenty-four bodies still remain on ...

MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--A court has dismissed claims by bereaved families for damages over a volcanic eruption that left 63 hikers dead or missing in 2014, ruling that raising the alert level ...

A ban on summiting Mount Ontake, a volcano that straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, ends this weekend. From 10 a.m. Saturday, people will be allowed to access a ridge linking the 9 ...

The volcano whose eruption surprised hikers in central Japan this weekend sent a plume of ash and gas more than 1,500 feet into the air Monday as it continued to erupt, officials say. That has ...

Authorities have found three more bodies on a still-smouldering Japanese volcano after the search was stalled by heavy rain. Adding to the difficulties facing rescuers, an oncoming typhoon threatens ...

At least 36 people are feared dead following Saturday's eruption that caught hundreds of hikers by surprise. Another plume of ash and gas has... The volcano whose eruption surprised hikers in central ...