Kanichi Kanegae was the mayor of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture while volcanic eruptions continued at nearby Fugendake, the main peak of Mount Unzen, in 1991. Readily recognizable for his long white ...

A man presses his hands together in prayer before a memorial cenotaph in the location that served as the media's "fixed point" when a pyroclastic flow hit the area, in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, ...

In 1792, Japan experienced a disaster so sudden and violent that entire towns vanished before anyone understood what was happening. After months of eruptions and tremors, a massive section of Mount ...

Candles are lit to commemorate the victims of a 1991 eruption of Mount Unzen, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the large-scale pyroclastic flow from the volcano's Fugen peak, in Shimabara, Nagasaki ...

IN June 1991, a volcano which had been dormant for over 300 years violently erupted, wrecking havoc on everything that stood in its path. The deadly explosion of Japan's Mount Unzen claimed the lives ...

In what resembles a journey to the center of the Earth, Japanese scientists launched the world's first attempt Thursday to bore a hole into the red-hot core of a volcano and unlock the secrets of ...

TOKYO — A Japanese volcano erupted on Wednesday for the second time in nine days, and scientists warned that a new and more dangerous blast was in prospect.The second eruption of Mount Unzen, near ...

On June 3rd, 1993, after continuous volcanic activities, major pyroclastic flows occurred on Mr. Unzen Fugen in Nagasaki Prefecture. The pyroclastic flows took the lives of caused 43 people including ...

Unzen National Park was established in 1934 as one of Japan’s first national reserves. In 1956, the Amakusa region in Kumamoto Prefecture was added to form the Unzen-Amakusa National Park. Visitors ...