Volcano erupted on a remote island in southern Japan

(G.N.S) Dt. 17 Tokyo The Japan Meteorological Agency said the volcano on Kuchinoerabujima island, roughly 1,000 km southwest of Tokyo, erupted at 9:20 a.m. (0020 GMT). Live images showed thick black smoke billowing out of the mountain. The eruption had released pyroclastic flows, or flows of super-heated ash and gas,