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Thirty hikers have been found lifeless near the peak of Mount Ontake, after Saturday's sudden volcanic1 eruption2.
日本御岳山上周六突然发生火山喷发，主峰附近发现30具背包客的尸体。
 Teams have been recovering people from mountainside lodges now covered in thick volcanic ash The hikers were not breathing and their hearts had stopped, reports said. Final confirmation4 of death in Japan always comes via a medical examination.
About 250 people were trapped on the slopes of the popular beauty spot, but most have got down safely.
The volcano, about 200km (125 miles) west of Tokyo, erupted without warning on Saturday, spewing ash and rocks.
The eruption forced many of those on the mountain to make emergency descents through clouds of volcanic ash and falling rocks.
Almost 50 people were thought to have stayed on the mountain overnight, reports said.
As the search effort intensified5 earlier on Sunday, officials said they were searching for 30 people feared missing or buried by ash.
Confirmation soon came that a similar number of people had been found unresponsive on the mountain.
"We have confirmed that more than 30 individuals in cardiac arrest have been found near the summit," a Nagano police spokesman told the AFP news agency.
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