On October 31, 2024, remarkable images captured a snowless summit of Mount Fuji, diverging from its typical early October ...

Officials in Japan are calling for new rules to charge climbers who require rescue from Mount Fuji outside the official climbing season, as concerns rise over high emergency service costs and the ...

Being located at the foot of Mount Fuji is a source of pride for the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Fujinomiya and its residents. That proximity to Japan’s tallest and most famous mountain, though, has ...

Local residents in Japan have been left fuming after a bridge, dubbed “Mount Fuji dream bridge”, has become a mecca for ...

Following incidents in which people have been stranded on Mount Fuji as a result of irresponsible climbing, debate has erupted in cities near the national landmark over whether to make offseason ...

The sun setting atop Mount Fuji -- a sight known as "Diamond Fuji" -- is seen in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on May 13, 2025. In Tateyama, Japan's highest peak can be viewed across the sea ...

Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless, rubber-tired tram system made by China’s CRRC to transport climbers ...

Two photo spots in Fuji-Yoshida are especially popular among foreign tourists. One is Arakurayama Sengen Park, where visitors can capture shots of the striking red Chureito Pagoda with Mount Fuji ...

TOKYO—Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year and faces a bumpy road ahead owing to the impact of U.S. trade policy. Japan’s real gross domestic product declined 0.2% in the ...

Irresponsibility on the part of climbers has reached such a height that it has sparked a debate in Japan about whether the government should pay the rescue fees of people stranded on Mount Fuji ...

LONDON :Online classifieds group Adevinta is exploring the sale of its Spanish business, two sources with knowledge of the talks said, as its private equity owners seek to break-up the company to ...