1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2014, shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan, two weeks after it erupted. One more climber was confirmed dead after his body was found the same day near its peak, bringing the death toll from the eruption to 56, while at least seven people are still missing on the volcano.

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2014, shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan, two weeks after it erupted. One more climber was confirmed dead after his body was found the same day near its peak, bringing the death toll from the eruption to 56, while at least seven people are still missing on the volcano.

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2014, shows firefighters searching near the peak of Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan, for climbers who remain missing following a deadly eruption two weeks earlier. One more climber was confirmed dead after his body was found the same day, bringing the death toll from the eruption to 56, while at least seven people are still missing on the volcano.

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2014, shows rescue workers searching for climbers who remain missing following an eruption two weeks earlier, near a shrine at the top of Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan. One more climber was confirmed dead after his body was found the same day, bringing the death toll from the eruption to 56, while at least seven people are still missing on the volcano.

1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

OMACHI, Japan - A police helicopter searches the site of an avalanche on the 2,821-meter Mt. Harinokidake in Nagano Prefecture, where four mountaineers went missing on May 1. One climber has been rescued but the three others remain to be accounted for, police said.

Landslide kills climber on Mt. Shirouma in Nagano

Landslide kills climber on Mt. Shirouma in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - A landslide occurred Aug. 11 on Mt. Shirouma in the village of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, involving at least three people, killing one of them.

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2014, shows firefighters searching near the peak of Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan, for climbers who remain missing following a deadly eruption two weeks earlier. One more climber was confirmed dead after his body was found the same day, bringing the death toll from the eruption to 56, while at least seven people are still missing on the volcano. (Kyodo)

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2014, shows firefighters searching near the peak of Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan, for climbers who remain missing following a deadly eruption two weeks earlier. One more climber was confirmed dead after his body was found the same day, bringing the death toll from the eruption to 56, while at least seven people are still missing on the volcano. (Kyodo)

1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

OMACHI, Japan - A police helicopter searches the site of an avalanche on the 2,821-meter Mt. Harinokidake in Nagano Prefecture, where four mountaineers went missing on May 1. One climber has been rescued but the three others remain to be accounted for, police said. (Kyodo)

1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

OMACHI, Japan - A police helicopter searches the site of an avalanche on the 2,821-meter Mt. Harinokidake in Nagano Prefecture, where four mountaineers went missing on May 1. One climber has been rescued but the three others remain to be accounted for, police said. (Kyodo)

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2014, shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan, two weeks after it erupted. One more climber was confirmed dead after his body was found the same day near its peak, bringing the death toll from the eruption to 56, while at least seven people are still missing on the volcano. (Kyodo)

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

1 more confirmed dead in Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 11, 2014, shows firefighters searching near the peak of Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan, for climbers who remain missing following a deadly eruption two weeks earlier. One more climber was confirmed dead after his body was found the same day, bringing the death toll from the eruption to 56, while at least seven people are still missing on the volcano. (Kyodo)