TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Meteorological Agency increased the alert level at Mount Asama volcano in central Japan, warning of an eruption within two days, an agency official said on Sunday. The alert ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the alert level for Mount Asama following a small eruption on August 7. The mountain last had a major event more than two centuries ago. Mount Asama, on the ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency on Tuesday said that a minor volcanic eruption occurred at Mount Asama in central Japan, which is located approximately 100 miles northwest of Tokyo. Ashes from the ...

Mount Asama, 87 miles from Tokyo, is thought to have had a small eruption, the latest in a string of recent volcanic incidents across Japan A light scattering of ash pointed to an eruption of the most ...

Hikers make their way along the crater rim of Mount Maekake on Saturday. The popular summit peak of Mount Asama on the Gunma–Nagano border reopened last month for the first time in more than three ...

Japan's Mount Asama has erupted, throwing hot rocks out of the crater and depositing a fine layer of ash on parts of Tokyo, some 90 miles to the southeast. Television footage showed white smoke rising ...