A new geophysical survey has found that the vast magma chamber beneath Japan’s Kikai Caldera is refilling. Researchers say the long-quiet system is accumulating fresh melt and could become more active ...

Japan's most active volcano erupted on Saturday afternoon, sending an ash plume 3.4km into the sky, grounding flights and blanketing the surrounding city of Kagoshima in debris. It was Sakurajima's ...

The magma reservoir of the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is refilling. This Kobe University insight on the Kikai caldera in Japan allows us to understand giant caldera volcanoes like ...

The death toll from a sudden volcanic eruption in Japan hit 47 on Wednesday as rescuers discovered 11 new bodies in so-far unexplored areas of the ash-covered peak. The figure makes the eruption of ...

Watch a live view of the Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan as the volcano spews a column of smoke and ash into the air after erupting on Sunday.