TOKYO—Doctors have determined that almost all of the people killed on a Japanese volcano died of injuries from being hit by rocks that flew out during its eruption, police said Thursday ...

TOKYO (AP) — Massive amounts of volcanic pumice pebbles spewed from an undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean have been piling up on southern Japanese coasts, damaging ports and fishing boats ...

OTAKI, Japan - One body recovered near the volcano's peak was in a squatting position and had to be dug out of a thick layer of ash. Another was caught between boulders bigger than large refrigerators ...

Mount Ontake, about 210 kilometres west of Tokyo, sits on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures, on the main Japanese island of Honshu. The volcano’s last major eruption was in 1979.

When I heard that people actually lived on Japan's most active volcano, I had to know more. So I decided to spend an entire week there, and find out what life is like.

The Sakurajima volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture erupted once again on February 9. Footage sped-up in post shows plumes of ash blasting 1.2 miles into the air. This is the volcano's 31st ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima volcano erupted at around 8:05 p.m., blowing off large rocks as far as 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) away in the southern prefecture of Kagoshima.

5 more bodies found at Japan volcano; toll now 36 By Emily Wang The Associated Press Posted September 29, 2014 12:28 pm Updated September 29, 2014 12:29 pm ...

Ontake, Japan’s second-highest volcano, 125 miles west of Tokyo, last erupted seven years ago. Its last major eruption was in 1979.