Mount Fuji is one of the iconic symbols of Japan, a source of inspiration for ... This comes as new data shows that lava flows from a major eruption could spread as far as 40 kilometers from ...

A revised hazard map for volcanic Mount Fuji in central Japan suggests the volume of lava flow from a major eruption would likely be double that of previous estimates. The updated finding was ...

Ground subsidence in Gifu Prefecture was likely caused by tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said. In the ...

GIFU -- Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai ... has sunk by more than 3 centimeters near the construction site of the Komamba tunnel for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev train line.