Volcano in southern Japan erupts with massive smoke column

TOKYO — A volcano successful confederate Japan erupted Wednesday with a monolithic file of grey fume billowing into the sky.

The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the informing level for Mount Aso to 3 connected a standard of five, informing hikers and residents to debar the mountain.

NHK nationalist tv aired footage of a monolithic fume file supra the volcano.

The informing was issued for the metropolis of Aso and 2 adjacent towns successful Kumamoto prefecture, which is successful the north-central portion of the confederate land of Kyushu.

Yoshihiko Isozaki, the lawman main Cabinet caput successful the nationalist government, said it is inactive collecting accusation connected the eruption.