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Officials said the unnamed mountaineer was alone on the Fujinomiya trail on April 22. He had to be rescued again just four ...

A student was rescued while climbing Mount Fuji and attempted to return days later to retrieve his phone – and had to be ...

The 27-year-old university student was carried down the iconic Japanese mountain on a stretcher days after being airlifted from its peak.

A climber airlifted from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued again just four days later after returning to retrieve his cell phone.

The Yamanashi Prefectural Government said Thursday that it will begin accepting online reservations for climbing Mount Fuji from the ... of neighboring Shizuoka Prefecture plans to accept such ...

Bottom Left: Premium French-style Honey Mustard Hamburger Steak Lunch Set, Bottom Right: Kagoshima Prefecture's Satsuma Chicken Thigh Steak. (Image: LIVE JAPAN article #a0002258) If you're in the mood ...

Yamanashi – Many people are coming to see a soon-to-open giant Costco in Minami-Alps city in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, as from nearby, the view makes it look like Mount Fuji is perched ...

Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport handled 51,456 passengers in Feb-2025, a 59% year-on-year increase (Nikkei, 04-Apr-2025). The airport handled 32,423 domestic passengers and 19,033 international passengers ...

Farmers have begun harvesting the first green tea leaves of the year in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka. Harvesting of the Kondo-wase variety began on Wednesday in Shizuoka City's ...

Mt. Fuji crowns a soon-to-open Costco in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, and is reflected on a table at ... of its eye-catching view of the U.S.-based retail store crowned by Japan’s highest ...

(Mainichi/Kazuhasa Adachi) NAGOYA -- Expressway tollgates in Japan were restored to ... in his 40s traveling from Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, to Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, noted that while ...