Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company announced it has removed the upper lid of the pressure vessel of unit 2 at its ...

Last year, Japan started collecting entry fees of ¥2,000 (£10) per head from people climbing the famous volcano to limit the ...

Yamanashi region -- home to Mount Fuji -- introduced a 2,000 yen ($14) entry fee plus an optional donation for the active ...

A record influx of foreign tourists to Japan has sparked alarm about overcrowding on the nation’s highest mountain, a ...

Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji's four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 yen from this summer, after ...

An American and a Japanese were among people who helped identify the mystery spider sac photographed by a Singaporean. Read ...

Police in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 40-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of unauthorized entry into the house of an 80-year-old woman. According to police, the man entered the ...

Move over, Portland. Mill Ends Park, at 452 square inches, just lost the Guinness World Record for world's smallest park to the itsiest bitsiest park in Nagaizumi, Shizuoka Prefecture — about an hour ...