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TOKYO
(AP)--A volcano erupted in northern Japan
on Saturday, following two earlier eruptions in September,
the Meteorological Agency said. No injuries or damage were
reported.
Mount
Komagatake, on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido,
erupted at about 2:43 a.m., belching a pillar of white smoke
3,960 feet into the sky, the agency said.
The
nearby town of Shikabe was coated with a fine layer of ash.
As
a precaution, five towns set up disaster prevention headquarters,
said meteorological agency official Toshiyuki Ueno.
It
was too early to say whether new eruptions were likely,
said Hirohito Naito, also a meteorological agency official.
The
most recent eruptions of the 3,716-foot volcano, 441 miles
northeast of Tokyo, occurred on Sept. 4 and Sept. 28.
A major
eruption in 1929 killed two people and a burst in 1856 killed
20. Another eruption in 1640 is believed to have killed
about 700 people.
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