Mount Fuji becomes crowded with hikers during the summer, with its trails known for their serious traffic jams. One factor ...

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.

Japan is a fascinating country with a unique mix of modern innovations and ancient traditions. It has one eye fixed on the ...

The eruption occurred at around 8:05 p.m. at the Minamidake summit vent, spewing large cinders into an area as far as about 2.5 kilometers away. At 10:20 p.m., Kagoshima ordered 51 people from 33 ...

Hikers admire the snow-covered slopes of Mount Fuji from the summit of Mount Jinba, which straddles the border of Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, on Friday.

The government welcomed the court’s decision to grant its motion to dissolve the Unification Church, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. Education, Culture, Sports, ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, 30.2C was observed in Saito City, Miyazaki Prefecture, at 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday. This is the first time for temperatures to reach 30C or higher across ...

U.S. and Russian officials are in talks to secure a broad ceasefire in Ukraine, focusing on a Black Sea maritime ceasefire and other key issues like ending attacks on energy infrastructure and ...

His friend and comrade Tenzing Norgay was second on the rope to the summit: whether George Mallory and Andrew Irvine had got there twenty-nine years before we shall probably never know. Edmund Hillary ...