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

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

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 ...

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 ...

KOFU--The Yamanashi prefectural government announced on Dec. 20 a plan to cap the number of Mount ... to Japan’s tallest mountain at 3,776 meters in elevation during this year’s climbing ...

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 ...

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 ...

As more climbers have become stranded on Mt Fuji when the mountain is closed to the public, the Yamanashi prefectural ...