Mt. Fuji is a symbol ... it's also an active volcano that has erupted about 180 times over the past 5,600 years. The most recent one was more than 300 years ago, the Hoei eruption of 1707, and ...

TOKYO: The Japan Meteorological Agency has decided to launch more robust “wide-area” ashfall forecasts to prepare for the ash ...

Researchers found evidence of six previously unknown major eruptions ... Mount Fuji between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. The discovery may lead to a review of conventional studies on volcanic ...

TOKYO -- When Mount ... Fuji erupted in 1707, volcanic ash fell for two weeks on the city of Edo, which is part of present-day Tokyo. What would be the worst-case scenario if there is a similar ...

The greater Tokyo metropolitan area would effectively cease to function within hours of a full-scale eruption ... of volcanic ash. And because many jets fly in the vicinity over Mount Fuji ...

Last week, the Japanese government revised its volcanic hazard map for Mount Fuji for the first time in 17 years. This comes as new data shows that lava flows from a major eruption could spread as ...

Fewer climbers tackled Mount Fuji during this year's hiking season, preliminary figures show, after Japanese authorities ...

The article investigates the world's most dangerous volcanoes ... eruptions that sometimes threaten nearby towns and villages. Its ongoing activity is closely monitored by volcanologists. Mount ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency has decided to launch more robust wide-area ashfall forecasts to prepare for the ash that would hit the Tokyo metrop ...

Eruptions at Italy’s Mount Etna and Stromboli volcanoes ... INGV added in a statement: ‘The average amplitude of the volcanic ...

Early humans may have flourished after the largest volcanic eruption in history, according to new research. Mount Toba erupted in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago. The event was long thought to ...

it's the second most active erupting volcano in the country, with over 21,000 eruptions recorded last year. The latest eruptions come not long after eruptions from Mount Ruang forced airports to ...