Mount Fuji is seen from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter flying over Shizuoka Prefecture. (Mainichi) KOFU (Kyodo) -- A Japanese prefecture that shares Mt. Fuji is considering charging rescued ...

KOFU – As more climbers have become stranded on Mt Fuji when the mountain is closed to the public, the Yamanashi prefectural government is considering charging for the cost of helicopter rescues ...

KOFU, (Japan): As more climbers have become stranded on Mt Fuji when the mountain is closed to the public, the Yamanashi prefectural government is considering charging for the cost of helicopter ...

The government of Yamanashi Prefecture, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has begun studying charging climbers of the mountain for emergency rescue operations using the prefecture's helicopters.

On Oct. 19, 1979, Typhoon Tip, at the time the most intense tropical storm ever recorded, whipped through a U.S. Marine Corps training camp near Mount Fuji in Japan. On one slope of the camp stood ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Tourists have literally punched holes in this town’s plan to prevent them from becoming nuisances in their quest to take photos of Mount Fuji. As of May ...

a popular looping roller coaster at an amusement park near Mount Fuji permanently closed on March 13. Transport ministry officials launched an investigation into the Do-Dodonpa roller coaster at ...

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Even government-approved initiatives to boost tourism around Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji are facing pushback due to the growing pains of overtourism. The ‘Mt Fuji Dream Bridge’ (officially known as ...

A Japanese prefecture that shares Mt. Fuji is considering charging rescued individuals for helicopter deployments to the mountain, following a recent string of off-season emergencies, a prefectural ...