Officials in Japan are calling for new rules to charge climbers who require rescue from Mount Fuji outside the official climbing season, as concerns rise over high emergency service costs and the ...

Being located at the foot of Mount Fuji is a source of pride for the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Fujinomiya and its residents. That proximity to Japan’s tallest and most famous mountain, though, has ...

A Japanese city at the foot of Mount Fuji has remodeled a cabin along a mountain trail as part of its new project to revitalize tourism in the city. Fujiyoshida City in Yamanashi Prefecture held a ...

SHIZUOKA--Along with registering to climb three trails to Mount Fuji's summit from Shizuoka Prefecture, climbers will be urged to take a "manners lesson" on the internet in advance from this summer.

Following incidents in which people have been stranded on Mount Fuji as a result of irresponsible climbing, debate has erupted in cities near the national landmark over whether to make offseason ...

The sun setting atop Mount Fuji -- a sight known as "Diamond Fuji" -- is seen in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on May 13, 2025. In Tateyama, Japan's highest peak can be viewed across the sea ...

Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless, rubber-tired tram system made by China’s CRRC to transport climbers ...

A panel of experts has issued guidance to greater Tokyo residents in the event Mount Fuji erupts, telling them to stay indoors unless the ashfall becomes severe. The guidelines were issued to the ...

Low energy availability (EA) is suspected to be the underlying cause of both the Female Athlete Triad and the more recently defined syndrome, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). The ...