Travel through one of the largest calderas in the world at Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Pref. The caldera has fertile ground to sustain crops and livestock.

Its most prominent volcanoes are Mount Fuji, Mount Sakurajima, and Mount Aso. Mount Fuji is an iconic symbol of Japan, a dormant stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707. Mount Sakurajima ...

The Aso Volcano Disaster Prevention Council ... leading to the deadliest volcanic disaster in postwar Japan. Mount Ontakesan, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures, erupted in 2014 while ...

Deadly volcanic activity in Japan in recent years includes the 1993 eruption of Mount Unzen’s Fugendake and the 2014 eruption of Mount Ontakesan in central Japan. Both incidents killed dozens of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. One of Japan’s most active volcanoes is at it again. Produced by Maya Dangerfield. Video courtesy of AP, Reuters and NHK. Follow TI: On Facebook More from Tech ...