The Yamanashi prefectural government hopes to discourage climbing during the off-season Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

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 ...

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four ...

The climber, who was not publicly identified, was first airlifted with altitude sickness near the peak of Mount Fuji.

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 ...

This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

That proximity to Japan’s tallest and most famous mountain, though, has also become a problem for the city. Mount Fuji’s has an official climbing season, which runs from mid-summer to early fall.

The man made the double ascent of Japan’s most famous mountain outside of the official climbing season, which runs from July 10 to September 10. According to the official Mount Fuji website ...

TOKYO (AP) — A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope ... police said, adding that his climbing irons also were damaged. On ...

Mount Fuji is Japan’s tallest mountain ... are going into effect in an attempt to address overtourism and safety fears on Mount Fuji’s hiking trails. The most impactful change is that every single ...