Local officials and mountaineering experts are warning against risky climbing practices on Mt. Fuji as more accidents have occurred in recent years. Four hikers died there just before the season's ...

Four people were found dead on Mount Fuji on June 26, days before the official ... In a separate incident, Keita Kurakami, a 38-year-old professional rock climber, died after falling ill and ...

A file photo of Mount Fuji seen without snow in September 2023 Mount Fuji is still without snow, making it the latest time in the year the mountain has remained bare since records began 130 years ago.

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan ... they discover a two-meter-thick layer of volcanic rock known as scoria. Digging a little deeper reveals a 15-centimeter-thick layer of pumice stone ...

Alpinist Ken Noguchi said tighter restrictions are needed to protect Mount Fuji from overtourism, including a much higher mandatory fee to climb the mountain. Born in Boston in 1973, Noguchi ...