Mount Ontake

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  Japan Body Searchers Return to Volcano, 8 Months After Eruption

  Japanese search teams returned to the peak of a volcano on Wednesday for the first time in eight months to look for the bodies of six climbers still missing after an eruption that killed dozens.

• Japan Volcano Victims Leave Photos of Last Moments

  The victims include hiking enthusiasts from a major insurance company. Members of a group of nature lovers studying wild plants. A construction manager who snapped about 100 photos - found on his scratched and dented camera - to show his wife what she was missing because she had to work that day.

• Search For Bodies on Japan Volcano Halted as Typhoon Looms

  A search operation for people missing on a volcano in central Japan was called off Sunday, more than a week after a deadly eruption claimed dozens of lives, as an approaching typhoon brought heavy rains.

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  Three More Bodies Found on Japan Volcano as Typhoon Nears

  Authorities found three more bodies on a still-smouldering Japanese volcano Saturday after a search stalled by heavy rain resumed, while a typhoon threatened to further hamper the recovery operation.

• Volcanic Rocks Killed Most Victims: Japan Police

  Doctors have determined that almost all of the dozens of people killed on a Japanese volcano died of injuries from being hit by rocks that flew out during its eruption, police said Thursday.

• Bodies Found on Japan Volcano, Raising Toll to 48

  A dozen more bodies were found on Wednesday near the ash-covered summit of a Japanese volcano as searches resumed amid concern of toxic gasses and another eruption.

• Recovery of Japan Volcano Victims Suspended Amid Signs of Rising Activity

  Search and recovery efforts for at least two dozen victims of Japan's worst volcanic eruption in decades were called off on Tuesday due to worries about rising volcanic activity, including the chance of another steam explosion.

• New Tremors Raise Concern at Japan's Mount Ontake

  Increased seismic activity raised concern on Tuesday about the possibility of another eruption at a Japanese volcano where 36 people were killed, forcing rescuers to suspend plans to try to recover at least two dozen bodies still near the summit.

• Recovery of Japan Volcano Victims Suspended Amid Signs of Rising Activity

  Search and recovery efforts for at least two dozen victims of Japan's worst volcanic eruption in decades were called off on Tuesday due to worries about rising volcanic activity, including the chance of another steam explosion.

• At least 36 Feared Dead on Japanese Volcano, Search Called Off

  At least 36 people are feared to have died after a Japanese volcano erupted without warning at the weekend, raining ash and stones on hikers, but the search for victims was abandoned on Monday due to fears of rising levels of toxic gases.

• Japan's Yoshihide Suga Says Volcanic Eruption Has No Impact on Nuclear Restart

  The deadly eruption of a volcano in Japan over the weekend will not affect the restart of the Sendai nuclear reactor, which is in a separate volcanically active area, the country's top government spokesman said on Monday.

• Sudden Eruption of Japanese Volcano Very Rare: Expert

  The suddenness of the eruption of Japan's Mount Ontake volcano is an extremely rare phenomenon which makes it impossible to take precautionary measures, French volcanologist Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff told AFP Sunday.

• Rescuers Rush to Reach Dozens Trapped on Erupting Japan Volcano

  Rescuers rushed Sunday to help dozens of hikers stranded on an erupting volcano in central Japan with six people believed to be buried under ash and dozens injured.

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  Volcano Erupts in Japan; 250 Trapped, 11 Hurt

  A volcano erupted in central Japan on Saturday, catching mountain climbers by surprise and trapping more than 250 people. At least 11 people were injured, including seven who were unconscious.