Yamanashi Prefecture and Fuji-Yoshida city made 2,500 helmets available at Mount Fuji's fifth station and along climbing trails the following year. The safety guidance center at the sixth station ...

Mount Fuji isn’t always visible from Tokyo and even if you stay for a week, weather and season might have it hide behind clouds the entire time. But for most people, seeing Japan's most famous ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless, rubber-tyred tram system made by China's CRRC to transport ...

YAMANAKAKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Solidified lava from eruptions of Mount Fuji in the distant past offers frightening clues of what awaits if the sacred mountain blows its top again. Researchers ...

Satellite image of Mount Fuji captured on November 9, 2024, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. Satellite image of Mount Fuji captured on October 30, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on ...

Japanese authorities are proposing a new tram system to reduce Mount Fuji's carbon footprint and overcrowding. The trackless tram by China's CRRC will replace plans for a light-rail, powered by local ...

central Japan town plans to put up new fences along a road in front of a Lawson convenience store offering scenic views of Mount Fuji, local authorities said on Friday, aiming to prevent people ...

Japan has abandoned plans for a light railway on Mount Fuji, opting for a hydrogen-powered transport system resembling a bus-tram hybrid from China's CRRC. Japan has scrapped plans to build a ...

The Yamanashi prefectural government said Monday it has given up its proposal to build a light rail connection to the fifth station on Mt. Fuji amid public concerns over its environmental impact and ...

Japan's Mount Fuji has finally been coated in white after it saw its first-ever recorded snow-free October. The mountain received its first snowfall on November 6, marking the latest first snow ...

Japan's Mount Fuji Eyes China-Made Tram to Transport Hikers, Source Says By Mariko Katsumura TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount ...