New island emerges near Japan’s Iwoto after volcanic eruption

A Japanese researcher has visually confirmed that undersea volcanic eruptions took place about 1 kilometers off Iwoto Island in the Pacific, creating a rocky island with a diameter of around 100 meters. Iwoto, previously known as Iwojima, is located about 1,200 km south of Tokyo in the Ogasawara island chain. Air and maritime self-defense forces personnel are stationed on the island. 硫黄島沖噴火で新たな島 小笠原諸島の硫黄島から約1キロの沖合で噴火が発生し、新たな島ができているのを、東京大地震研究所の前野深(まえの・ふかし)准教授(火山学)が7日までに確認した。 Read the article on Kyodo News Plus For other news stories from Japan and beyond: Kyodo News Plus website Subscribe for more videos and podcasts: @kyodonewsplus #japan #news #english #japanese #iwoto #iwojima #volcano #ニュース #英語学習 #英語 #硫黄島 #噴火 #火山活動