In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic ...

They are scenes few would associate with Japan’s highest peak: human traffic jams, foothills littered with garbage and inappropriately attired hikers – some attempting the ascent in sandals. But these ...

JAPAN — Faced with the first steep incline on the Yoshida Trail that leads to Mount Fuji’s summit, Daiki Nishikawa dramatically steadies his pace to less than 40 steps per minute. Dodging clumps of ...

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka prefectural ...

The peak of Japan's Mount Fuji was capped with snow for the first time this winter on Thursday, reaching the milestone 21 ...

Climbing Mount Fuji on a trip sponsored by a U.S. military base will cost more this year as Japan seeks to offset the impact of thousands of visitors to the iconic volcano. Yamanashi prefecture this ...

Tokyo — A Japanese town will replace a barrier mounted to deter unruly tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji after holes were poked in the mesh screen, the country's biggest national news agency ...

ATOP MOUNT FUJI, Japan — Search for “Top of Mount Fuji” on Instagram, and you will discover thousands of posts documenting the hikers who have made it here to the summit of Japan’s best-known volcano.

The words printed on the buses that drive through Kawaguchiko, a scenic town in the foothills of Japan’s tallest and most sacred mountain, were as reassuring as they were disconcerting: “Preserve the ...