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

This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

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

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

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 ...

A student was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji after developing altitude sickness ... adding that his climbing irons were also damaged. But four days later he returned to the trail ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued ... Shizuoka prefectural police said. His climbing irons were also damaged.

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 ...