A sightseeing helicopter that went missing with three people on board was found to have crashed near Mount Aso, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, according to the country’s transport ministry.

A tourist helicopter went missing while flying over one of Japan's most active volcanoes, as wreckage found inside a crater is believed to be of the chopper. The sightseeing helicopter had been ...

Folks in Japan have been sharing their own videos of the eruption — some from their commutes: Mount Aso in southern Japan has erupted sending a massive column of grey smoke billowing into the sky.

TOKYO – A sightseeing helicopter went missing before noon on Jan 20 near a volcanic crater on Mount Aso in the south-western Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, local firefighters and other sources said, ...