Mount Ontake, on the border of Gifu ... Even so, the scale of this eruption is not considered large by experts. The death toll at the volcano was very high because it occurred shortly before ...

an active volcano. The Sept. 27, 2014, eruption of Mount Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures, brought home the risk of a volcanic eruption. The sudden eruption left 58 climbers dea ...

A popular hiking trail that leads directly to the summit of Mount Ontake in central Japan is now open to climbers for the first time since a volcanic eruption nine years ago left dozens dead or ...

The increased input of magmatic volatiles is thought to have resulted in slow pressurization of the volcanic conduit leading to the event. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

A Japanese soldier has been killed in an avalanche in central Japan that may have been triggered by a volcanic eruption ... were killed in a sudden eruption of Mount Ontake.