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

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 ...

Fewer climbers tackled Mount Fuji during this year's hiking season, preliminary figures show, after Japanese authorities ... between early July—when the volcano's hiking trails opened for ...

More than two years after ... national volcanic monument around the mountain. For most people, the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument is a place to go and learn about the eruption ...

One thing is certain. Japan is bound to continue experiencing devastating volcanic eruptions, like the last confirmed one of Mount Fuji, known as “Hoei Funka,” in 1707, and even bigger ones.

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

Climbers on Mount Fuji wait to see the ... as carbon monoxide and the volcanic gas sulfur dioxide. They say the station can pick up the effects of volcanic eruptions in places as far away as ...

The number of climbers fell by 14 percent between early July -- when the volcano's hiking ... sick or injured after trying to reach the summit without breaks. Mount Fuji is about two hours from ...