The call came after a Chinese student, who was rescued twice from Mount Fuji, said he went back the second time to try to ...

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

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

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

Stations, vacant properties and an old bus have been turned into tourist accommodation, giving rural communities new life.

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.

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by some climbers. The new ordinance requires each hiker to pay an ...

In response, Shizuoka prefecture — the starting point for three of the four Mount Fuji trails — has added a further measure. Prospective hikers will have to take a brief class about hiking ...

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