The climbing season on Japan's Mount Fuji began in full Wednesday with the opening of the three trails on the Shizuoka prefecture side of the mountain. Neighbouring Yamanashi prefecture's trail ...

Local officials and mountaineering experts are warning against risky climbing practices on Mt. Fuji as more accidents have occurred in recent years. Four hikers died there just before the season's ...

Six people who attempted to ascend Mount Fuji have died so far this year - all of whom were Japanese nationals - surpassing ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail ... People who try to climb Mount Fuji from the Yamanashi Prefecture side will also need to pay the same fee.

on the mountain's Shizuoka Prefecture side. A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone ...

A Chinese national had to be rescued twice from the slopes of Mount Fuji in the space of a ... on the mountain's Shizuoka Prefecture side. However, he became the subject of a second search only ...

A Chinese national had to be rescued twice in one week from Mount Fuji after he returned to ... 3,000m above sea level on the mountain's Shizuoka Prefecture side, news reports said.

according to Mt. Fuji Climbing, a website dedicated to the summit. Officials from Shizuoka Prefecture did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s requests for comment on April 29. “He was ...

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka ...