Summiting Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji is an incredible feat. Now, hikers are facing more restrictions and fees to help maintain ...

Hidetada Sudo, the mayor of the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, expressed anger over people’s defiance of rules ...

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four ...

The Yamanashi prefectural government hopes to discourage climbing during the off-season Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Mount Fuji is Japan’s tallest mountain ... are going into effect in an attempt to address overtourism and safety fears on Mount Fuji’s hiking trails. The most impactful change is that every single ...

A Japanese prefecture that shares Mt. Fuji is considering charging rescued individuals for helicopter deployments to the ...

The man made the double ascent of Japan’s most famous mountain outside of the official climbing season, which runs from July 10 to September 10. According to the official Mount Fuji website ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year's climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise on Monday, levying new trail fees and ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned ... adding that his climbing irons also were damaged. On Saturday, he returned to the ...