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Volcano erupts in southwestern Japan: JMA

MountKirishimaonthesouthwesternJapanesemainislandofKyushueruptedonThursday,accordingtotheJapanMeteorologicalAgency(JMA).Accordingtotheweatheragency'spreliminary

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Volcano erupts in southwestern Japan

MountShinmoeonthesouthwesternJapanesemainislandofKyushueruptedonThursday,theJapanMeteorologicalAgency(JMA)said.AccordingtotheJMA,volcanictremorswereobservedonMt

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5.1-magnitude quake jolts Japan's Hokkaido, no tsunami warninng issued

Anearthquakewithapreliminarymagnitudeof5.1struckoffthecoastofHokkaidoPrefectureinnorthernJapanonFriday,thecountry'sweatheragencysaid.Notsunamiwarninghasbeenissu

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Typhoon Talim buffets Japan's Okinawa, knocks out power of 2000 homes

IslandsinJapan'ssouthernmostprefectureofOkinawahavebeenhitwithstronggustsofwindandtorrentialrainasaresultofTyphoonTalim,Japan'sMeteorologicalAgency(JMA)saidThur

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5.0-magnitude quake hits Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, no tsunami warning

Anearthquakewithapreliminarymagnitudeof5.0struckoffthecoastofIbarakiPrefecture,whichbordersthePacificOceannortheastofTokyo,butnotsunamiwarninghasbeenissued,thew

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Magnitude 4.9 quake jolts Japan's Kumamoto Pref., no tsunami warning issued

​An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 jolted Kumamoto Prefecture, on Japan's Kyushu island, on Wednesday evening, the weather agency here said.

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Mt. Hakone erupts in Japan, alert level heightened

​Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Tuesday that a volcanic eruption had occurred at Mount Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture at some points between Monday night and Tuesday morning and warned of the possibility of bigger eruptions being set off in the vicinity.

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Tsunami warning issued after 6.9-magnitude quake hits off northeastern Japan

​A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit off northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering a 1-meter tsunami warning for Iwate Prefecture, Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.