The central government has increased personnel and strengthened monitoring but is still struggling to predict eruptions among the 111 active volcanoes in Japan and alert people in the danger zones.

The Mount Aso Volcano caldera, centered in Aso city, represents a geological marvel formed over 270,000 years through cataclysmic eruptions that shaped central Kyushu. Visitors arrive to a vast basin ...

On April 22, 2026, Mount Aso's steam vents puff dramatically against spring skies, inviting adventurers to Japan's mightiest volcano. Known internationally as Mount Aso Volcano and locally as Aso-san, ...

This stunning astronaut photo shows the natural beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera — a giant crater-like bowl containing 17 different volcanoes, leftover from major eruptions spanning over 200,000 years.

A sightseeing helicopter carrying three people has gone missing near Mount Aso, one of Japan's most active volcanoes. As per BBC, the aircraft took off from a zoo in Aso City at 10:52 local time ...

The helicopter went missing on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 20, near a crater on Japan’s Mount Aso volcano All three bodies have been recovered after a tourist helicopter crashed on a crater of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Search and rescue is still on for the people who were on board: a Japanese pilot in his 60s, a man in his 40s, and a woman in her ...