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

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

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

Rescue teams put themselves in grave danger, and the cost of flying a helicopter for a rescue can be up to between ¥600,000 ...

Police in Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture were ... The rescued student was scaling Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season, which is scheduled to start in early July and end in early ...

The Chinese student, who lives in Japan was fist rescued by helicopter ... and sudden weather shifts—climbing Mount Fuji outside the official season (which runs from early July to early ...

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 ...

The mountain’s hiking trails are only open from ... According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, Mount Fuji is the tallest peak in Japan, standing at 3,776 metres.

More on altitude sickness, risks of climbing Mount Fuji Mount Fuji was created from volcanic activity that started 100,000 years ago, per the Japan National Tourism Organization. It is the tallest ...

A Chinese university student who was rescued from Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji ... on the ice-covered higher levels at Mount Fuji – other climbing equipment, and his mobile phone.