Mount Fuji climber had to be rescued twice in one week after going back for lost phone - Chinese national was first rescued ...

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he ...

A university student has been rescued after falling ill on Mt. Fuji, police said Sunday, the second time in one week that a ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—The construction of a gate at the fifth station of Mount Fuji was completed on June 17, two weeks ahead of its use to stop crowds and unsafe climbing of Japan ...

To make reservations to enter the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side of the mountain, climbers are required to pay an ...

KOFU--The Yamanashi prefectural government announced on Dec. 20 a plan to cap the number of Mount Fuji climbers at 4,000 per day and set up a gate at the fifth station on the Yoshida trail.

He's spent the past 14 years working on Mt. Fuji, where he leads foreign climbers from the 5th station to the summit about 20 times a month during the summer. So far he has scaled the peak more ...

Eternally mysterious Mount Fuji, as seen from Lake Kawaguchiko ... Most are content to motor halfway to the fifth station and turn back. Beyond that point, vehicles are banned.