Japan's Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima erupted on Thursday, sending a towering column of ash nearly two miles into the sky.

The Sakurajima volcano eruption triggered ash plumes in Japan. Timelapse footage shows the volcano sending a towering plume ...

a professor emeritus of volcano physics at Kyoto University. “But the latest eruption would rank among the three largest that occurred in the past 20 years.” But he said Mount Sakurajima has ...

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Kyoto University's Sakurajima Volcano Research Center has been carrying out research for more than a half a century to try to predict eruptions. The Harutayama observation tunnel on the west slope ...

Kyoto University's Sakurajima Volcano Research Center has been carrying out research for more than a half a century to try to predict eruptions. The Harutayama observation tunnel on the west slope ...