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Volcano eruption, avalanche at Japan ski resort kills one

Tokyo - Most of the injured were on the ski slopes.

A Japanese soldier was killed on Tuesday after a volcano erupted near a popular Japanese ski resort, sparking an avalanche that left several injured and scores stranded up a mountain, officials said.
Footage broadcast on Japanese television showed thick black smoke interspersed with falling rocks sliding down the snow-covered side of the volcano towards a ski slope.
Most of the injured were on the ski slopes, while some were in a gondola where glass was broken apparently by a flying rock, said Makoto Shinohara, an official in Kusatsu town. Five people had broken bones, but none of the injuries were life-threatening.

A rare heavy blanket of snow in Tokyo leaves thousands of travelers stranded and scores injured, as frozen conditions snarled public transport in the Japanese capital pic.twitter.com/IqxzlFkVtp
- AFP news agency (@AFP) January 23, 2018

A rare heavy blanket of snow in Tokyo leaves thousands of travellers stranded and scores injured, as frozen conditions paralyse public transport in one of the world's most populous cities https://t.co/bUTGhf3EIV pic.twitter.com/kIw54Fq9R7
- AFP news agency (@AFP) January 23, 2018