Tokyo, Aug. 28 -- Mount Shinmoe on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu erupted today, with plumes rising to 5,500 meters above the volcano's peak, local media reported.
The 1,421-meter volcano straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures erupted at 4:53 a.m. local time, sending volcanic material 5,000 meters above the crater for the first time since July 3, Kyodo News reported, citing a local office of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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