This handout picture taken by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Chubu Regional Development Bureau on September 27, 2014 shows white smoke rising from Mount Ontake as Japan’s volcano Ontake erupts in Nagano prefecture, central Japan. Dozens of hikers were stranded on the slopes of an erupting Japanese volcano that has reportedly killed one person and left 30 more seriously injured. The eruption of the 3,067-metre Mount Ontake straddling Nagano and Gifu prefecture happened around midday. AFP PHOTO / MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT CHUBU REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU via JIJI PRESS —EDITORS NOTE—HANDOUT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT CHUBU REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU via JIJI PRESS” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS JAPAN OUT