Despite an overall decrease in Mount Fuji climbers this summer, Shizuoka Prefecture has reported a significant increase in visitors to its three climbing routes. The Fujinomiya, Subashiri and ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by some climbers. The new ordinance requires each hiker to pay an ...

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Japanese commercial broadcaster Fuji Television Network and its parent company say they will adopt a series of steps to prevent scandals and other forms of misconduct. Fuji Television President ...

The Shizuoka police urged all climbers to use caution, noting that the mountain has low temperatures and is covered in snow even in spring. Want to climb Mount Fuji this summer? Expect new fees ...

TOKYO — A climber was rescued twice in one week from Japan’s Mount Fuji after he went back to ... Police in Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture were alerted that he had returned Saturday when ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued ... symptoms of altitude sickness, Shizuoka prefectural police said.

A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji last week had to be saved ... at least for his second rescue. The Shizuoka police urged all climbers to use caution, noting that the ...

“He was suspected of having altitude sickness and was taken to hospital,” a police spokesman in Shizuoka region said yesterday. Later, officers discovered that the man was the same one who had been ...

A 27-year-old student from China was rescued from Japan’s tallest mountain, Mount Fuji, twice within four ... and other belongings left behind, Shizuoka prefectural police said.

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned ... phone and other belongings left behind, Shizuoka prefectural police said.

All trails leading to Mount Fuji's summit are closed at this time, according to the environment ministry. Following the man's rescue, police in Shizuoka prefecture reiterated its advice against ...