Toxic gases and ash have forced recovery teams to suspend their search at the still-erupting Mount Ontake volcano.

Rescue workers have discovered the bodies of 31 people near the peak of an erupting volcano in Japan.

Seven people are unaccounted for after a volcano in central Japan erupted in spectacular fashion today.

A volcano has erupted in central Japan, sending a large plume of ash high into the sky and prompting a warning to climbers and others to avoid the area.

A strong storm has swerved towards Japan’s heavily populated main islands after slamming through the southern islands inflicting injuries on 32 people.

A powerful typhoon has buffeted the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa, paralysing transport and injuring at least 10 people.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck tonight off Japan’s east coast, near the crippled Fukushima nuclear site, the US Geological Survey said.

At least 14 people were killed as a powerful typhoon sparked mudslides which destroyed homes on a Japanese island before sweeping up the Pacific coast, grounding hundreds of flights and disrupting Tokyo’s transport network during rush hour.

A strong earthquake struck today off the coast of north-eastern Japan in the same region that was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year.

Jinxed extreme swimmer Steve Redmond was yesterday coming to terms with the prospect of returning to Ireland without completing his history-making Seven Oceans challenge.

Extreme swimmer Steve Redmond is considering a third attempt to become the first person to complete the epic Seven Oceans challenge after ferocious tides forced him to abandon the last leg in Japan yesterday.

Marathon swimmer Steve Redmond certainly looks like a fish out of water as he gets suited and booted for his upcoming Late, Late Show appearance tomorrow.

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake has shaken the east coast of Japan off Honshu, the US Geological Survey reported.

Rescuers in Japan dug through mud-caked debris and searched the banks of swollen rivers today for those missing in a powerful typhoon that left at least 25 people dead.

Heavy rains and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas have killed at least 15 people in Japan as the storm moved north today past the country’s western coast.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit Japan’s north-eastern coast today, triggering a tsunami warning for the area still recovering from the devastating quake and killer wave four months ago.

A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast, the US Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert.

For more than two terrifying, seemingly endless minutes, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan shook apart homes and buildings, cracked open roads and unnerved even those who have learned to live with swaying skyscrapers.

STRONG aftershocks rattled Japan’s main island yesterday as residents cleared out debris after a powerful earthquake on Sunday killed at least one person and injured more than 200 people.

A powerful magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off Japan’s northern coast in the Pacific today, sparking tsunami warnings and sending thousands of residents along the archipelago’s eastern coast fleeing to higher ground, officials said.

A huge 8.3 magnitude earthquake off Japan’s northern coast sparked a tsunami warning today, sending thousands along the archipelago’s eastern coast fleeing to higher ground.

A POWERFUL undersea earthquake prompted tsunami warnings yesterday for Japan and Russia but the danger appeared to pass after a series of tiny waves hit the northern Japanese coast.

Residents along Japan’s Pacific coast were told to flee an impending tsunami after a powerful earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.1 hit the Kuril islands north of Japan today.

THE tsunamis that claimed thousands of lives across the Indian Ocean this week are the deadliest great waves in over a century and probably in modern history.

A powerful tropical storm hit southern Japan today, disrupting transport and whipping up waves and winds that damaged homes, downed electricity lines and forced thousands to evacuate their homes.

JAPAN confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu yesterday, thwarting its plans to declare an end to the scourge there, while China confirmed two more outbreaks among poultry in a central province.

A powerful earthquake rocked north-eastern Japan today, starting fires and landslides and making buildings sway hundreds of miles away in the capital Tokyo.

The Russian space station Mir has been seen from earth as it starts burning up on its descent to earth.