<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A volcano in southern Japan erupted today, shooting grey smoke and ash thousands of metres into the sky.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Meteorological Agency said the Shinmoedake volcano had its second major eruption since it exploded in March for the first time since 2011.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It had a less-powerful eruption in April. There was no damage from today's eruption.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The volcano was seen in the 1967 James Bond film &quot;You Only Live Twice.&quot; Another nearby volcano, Io, erupted recently for the first time in 250 years. Japan, which sits on the seismically volatile Pacific Ring of Fire, has 110 active volcanoes.</div>