The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by ...

Japan has recently been bustling with foreign tourists eager to enjoy spring cherry blossoms, autumn foliage, and winter ...

According to the official Mount Fuji website, all trails to the summit are closed and most of the trail signs have been removed, with all huts, toilets and first aid stations also shut ... to anyone ...

TOKYO (AP) — A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope ... To control overcrowding and risks from rushed overnight climbing ...

(CNN) — Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week.

Nearly three dozen Marines got sprayed with a level-one contamination of oleoresin capsicum during a non-lethal weapons course at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 25, 2025.

Authorities mentioned that she was detained at the police station overnight, and her emotional state has since calmed. She was scheduled to be transferred to the Shizuoka District Prosecutor's Office ...