Despite being designed to attract tourists, the Mt Fuji Dream Bridge is facing backlash from locals overwhelmed by the surge ...

A 27-year-old Chinese student living in Japan was rescued twice from Mount Fuji within days of each other – the second time after reascending for his phone.

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

Locals living near the ‘Mount Fuji dream bridge’ complain about illegal parking and excessive noise from tourists.

Locals in Japan have complained about the huge surge of tourist numbers since the opening of a new bridge which is set ...

Residents are up in arms about disruptions caused by visitors looking to get the shot of a lifetime. Read more at ...

A local government's decision to promote a bridge as the perfect spot for an Instagramable shot of Mt. Fuji has backfired, ...

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

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned ... phone and other belongings left behind, Shizuoka prefectural police said.

The outlets cited police in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture ... early July and will last until early September, according to Mt. Fuji Climbing, a website dedicated to the summit.

The 27-year-old student living in Japan was rescued for the first ... which were previously free. Shizuoka is home to three of Mount Fuji’s four main climbing trails – Fujinomiya, Subashiri ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued ... symptoms of altitude sickness, Shizuoka prefectural police said.