epa04773193 A handout picture released by the Japan Meteorological Agency on 29 May 2015 and taken from video footage shows volcanic ash rising from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 29 May 2015. The volcano erupted at 09:59 Japan Standard Time. None of the some 140 residents on the island are hurt, the local town office said. An evacuation order to all residents was issued after the eruption. Japanese characters read Kuchinoerabu Island. EPA/JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
TOKYO: A violent volcanic eruption in southern Japan forced scores of people to evacuate and shot a huge column of ash high into the air.
Footage by the Japan Meteorological Agency captured the moment the plume rocketed from Mount Shindake on the far southern island of Kuchinoerabu.
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