Here’s the Guardian’s take on the eruption. It is rather understated. For example, it says that the volcano belched “a column of ash several thousand feet into the air” when several miles or kilometers would have been closer to what NHK reported – 11,000 meters.

– Kirk

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/07/mount-aso-japan-volcano-eruption-warning-heavy-ash-fall