THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 14, 2022 at 18:20 JST
Relatives of hikers who were killed or remain missing in the eruption of Mount Ontake in 2014 offer prayers for the victims near the mountaintop in July 2020. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--A court has dismissed claims by bereaved families for damages over a volcanic eruption that left 63 hikers dead or missing in 2014, ruling that raising the alert level would not have prevented the tragedy. [Read More]
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