Volcano erupts on Japanese island, no injuries reported

A volcano on a southwestern Japan island erupted early Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with no immediate reports of injuries.Pyroclastic flows that were observed there for the first time since Jan. 29 last year reached around 900 meters southwest of the crater, while ash and smoke spewed to an altitude of some 7,000 meters after the 5:30 a.m. eruption at Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, according to the agency.Rocks were thrown around 600 meters from the crater. The agency maintained an alert level of 3 -- on a scale of 5 -- which requests climbers refrain from scaling the…READ FULL ARTICLE