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Japan: Landslides Reported as Heavy Rains Sweep Across Southern Kyushu

Heavy rains moved across western Japan due to a stationary front on Wednesday, June 24, with linear rain bands developing over Southern Kyushu and triggering torrential downpours. Landslides were reported in parts of Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures, prompting Japan's Meteorological Agency to warn residents across the region to remain on high alert.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Eruption Sends Ash 5,000 Meters High 2

The Shinmoedake volcano, located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, continued to erupt on Thursday, July 3, spewing smoke up to 5,000 meters high around 2:00 p.m.

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Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on July 4, 2025.

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Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on July 4, 2025.

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Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on July 4, 2025.

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Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on July 4, 2025.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Captured From Airplane

Shinmoedake, located in the Kirishima mountain range between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted with increased intensity on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume up to 2,800 meters above the crater. The following day, the ash plume rose as high as 5,000 meters. This video shows the volcano as seen from an airplane approaching Kagoshima on July 2.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Eruption Sends Ash 5,000 Meters High

The Shinmoedake volcano, located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, continued to erupt on Thursday, July 3, spewing smoke up to 5,000 meters high around 2:00 p.m.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Continues, Spews Ash 2,800 Meters Into Sky 3

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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[Breaking News]Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

TOKYO, Japan, June 29 Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on June 28, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Vehicles Covered in Ash as Shinmoedake Eruption Persists

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Continues, Spews Ash 2,800 Meters Into Sky

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Japan: Shinmoedake Volcano Eruption Continues, Spews Ash 2,800 Meters Into Sky 2

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, sending an ash plume estimated to have reached 2,800 meters above the crater. Heavy ashfall continued in nearby areas, accumulating on buildings and vehicles.

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Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on June 28, 2025.

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Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on June 28, 2025.

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Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on June 28, 2025.

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Mt. Shinmoe eruption in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Shinmoe, straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan, on June 28, 2025.

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Japan: M6.6 Earthquake Hits Off Miyazaki Coast, Prompts Tsunami Advisory

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that on Monday, January 13, at around 21:19, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Hyuga-nada Sea off the coast of Kyushu Island, Japan, at a depth of 18.6 miles (30 kilometers). A tsunami advisory was also issued for Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures. A tsunami of approximately 20 cm was observed. This video was filmed inside an airplane at Kagoshima Airport, located in southern Kyushu.

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Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A man (L) receives a health checkup in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 24, 2012, in the largest-ever screening for potential Minamata disease sufferers in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures ahead of the end-of-July deadline for applying for state redress.

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Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

KUMAMOTO, Japan - People visit a hospital to receive a health checkup in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on June 24, 2012, in the largest-ever screening for potential Minamata disease sufferers in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures ahead of the end-of-July deadline for applying for state redress.

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Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A doctor examines a man in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on June 24, 2012, in the largest-ever screening for potential Minamata disease sufferers in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures ahead of the end-of-July deadline for applying for state redress.

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Eruption of Shinmoe Peak

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Shinmoe Peak, a volcano on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures in southwestern Japan, erupting on June 29, 2011. The volcano last erupted on June 23.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows smoke emerging from Shinmoe Peak on the border of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures on Feb. 13, 2011. The city of Miyakonojo in Miyazaki Prefecture urged some elderly residents to prepare for evacuation over fears that rain could trigger mudslides of accumulated ash.

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Shinmoe Peak erupts again

TAKAHARU, Japan - Shinmoe Peak, a volcano on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures in southwestern Japan, spews columns of smoke on Feb. 11, 2011. The volcano erupted again after a seven-day hiatus, marking its 10th eruption since late January.

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Shinmoe Peak erupts again

TAKAHARU, Japan - Smoke from Shinmoe Peak, a volcano on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures in southwestern Japan, spreads in the sky in the town of Takaharu, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2011. The volcano erupted again after a seven-day hiatus, marking its 10th eruption since late January.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fuming crater of Shinmoe Peak on the border of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan on Feb. 9, 2011. The area around the volcano is considered vulnerable to mudslides.

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LDP leader visits volcano evacuees

TAKAHARU, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, talks with volcano evacuees at a shelter in the town of Takaharu, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2011. Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcano group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures continued to erupt the same day.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures spewing columns of smoke on Feb. 3, 2011. The volcano in southwestern Japan erupted for the third straight day.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures spewing columns of smoke on Feb. 3, 2011. The volcano in southwestern Japan erupted for the third straight day.

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 2, 2011, shows a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Combined photo taken from a helicopter on Jan. 27, 2011 (top), Jan. 31 (middle) and Feb. 2 shows the growth of a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 2, 2011, shows a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

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Volcanic ash reaches Hawks training ground

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Softbank Hawks infielder Yuichi Honda (L) covers his month as outfielder Hiroshi Shibahara looks up at the sky as volcanic ash from the eruption of Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima mountain range rained on the club's training ground in Miyazaki City on Feb. 2, 2011. The training ground is about 45 kilometers away from the peak located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, which erupted for the seventh time since Jan. 26 the same day.

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Volcano erupts for 7th time in week

TAKAHARU, Japan - Smoke spews from Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures on Feb. 2, 2011, after it erupted for the seventh time since Jan. 26, seen from the town of Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A lava dome can be seen inside the crater of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2011. The Miyazaki Local Meteorological Observatory said the lava dome on the 1,421-meter volcano has been rising.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A lava dome can be seen inside the crater of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2011. The Miyazaki Local Meteorological Observatory said the lava dome on the 1,421-meter volcano has been rising.

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Volcanic eruptions continue in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 31, 2011. Local officials in Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture recommended the previous day that about 500 households evacuate, citing the danger of avalanches of earth and rocks occurring around the mountain.

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Volcanic eruption in southern Kyushu

TAKAHARU, Japan - A man photographs the erupting Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, in the town of Takaharu, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Volcanic eruption in southern Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Volcanic eruptions in southern Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 27, 2011. The plume of smoke from the volcano reached to a height of over 2,500 meters the same day.

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Bird flu spreading in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - Officials of the Aichi prefectural government in protective attire enter a poultry farm in Toyohashi to cull chickens on Jan. 27, 2011, following an outbreak of bird flu there. The outbreak in the central Japan prefecture came following outbreaks this winter in such prefectures as Shimane, Miyazaki and Kagoshima.

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Countdown board for Kyushu shinkansen operation in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A board counting down the days until the start of the Sanyo-Kyushu Shinkansen Line is unveiled at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010, with mascot characters ''Kumamon'' (L) and ''Guriboo'' (R in back) of Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures attending the event.

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N700 Series of bullet train cars

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in July 2010 shows the N700 Series of bullet train cars that will be employed on West Japan Railway Co.'s shinkansen train line connecting Osaka and Kagoshima prefectures. The fastest bullet train aims to connect Shin-Osaka and Kagoshima Chuo stations in 3 hours and 47 minutes when the operation of the train service is expected to be launched on March 12, 2011.

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Hatoyama asks prefectures to share burdens of hosting U.S. forces

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (left in rear) greets Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito (left in front) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (right in front) at a meeting of the National Governors' Association in Tokyo on May 27, 2010. Hatoyama asked prefectural governors to try to share the burden of hosting U.S. forces in Japan with Okinawa Prefecture.

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ANA's 'Mohawk' livery revived after 20 years

TOKYO, JAPAN - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 767, painted in the airline's retro ''Mohawk'' livery, leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for Miyazaki on Dec. 1, 2009. ANA will operate the plane -- adorned with a blue stripe along the top of the fuselage resembling a Mohican hair-style and a Leonardo da Vinci helicopter design on the tail fin -- between Tokyo and cities in Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures through 2013. The 'Mohawk design decorated the company's aircrafts from 1969 through 1989.

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Ceremony held for Japan's 8th contingent of troops for Iraq

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Hideyoshi Haraoka, a member of Japan's eighth GSDF contingent to be sent to Iraq for reconstruction assistance, smilingly watches as his family members talk to each other during a ceremony held at a garrison in the southwestern Japanese city of Kumamoto to deliver a unit flag to his unit on Oct. 22. The first batch of the 500-member contingent, mostly drawn from units in Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, is scheduled to leave for Iraq later in the day.

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Unrecognized Minamata disease patients sue gov't

KUMAMOTO, Japan - People in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures yet to be officially recognized as Minamata mercury-poisoning sufferers hold a rally in front of the Kumamoto District Court on Oct. 3. The banner says ''No More Minamata.'' Fifty people filed a 425 million yen compensation lawsuit against the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp.

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(2)Lower house by-election campaigns begin

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - A candidate for the April 25 House of Representatives by-election in Hiroshima Prefecture shakes hand with voters in Kure on April 13. By-elections will also be held in Saitama and Kagoshima prefectures.