Approximately 221,000 to 400,000 people annually attempt to summit the mountain during the climbing season from early July to ...

Yamanashi set up a temporary gate at the fifth station of the Yoshida Trail, used by around 60% of Mount Fuji climbers. The ...

KOFU (Kyodo) -- The number of people making an overnight "bullet climb" to the summit of Mt. Fuji plunged by 90 percent this ...

A Japanese government survey shows Mount Fuji had fewer climbers in the summer of 2024 than last year, apparently due to new ...

Yamanashi introduced a daily limit of 4,000 climbers and a fee of ¥2,000 per person this season, in hopes of clamping down on ...

The number of people climbing Mt. Fuji has fallen 17% on a peak day in the summer season, compared to last year, after entry ...

The number of fatalities on Mount Fuji this climbing season has risen, with local authorities warning that inexperience, bad weather and altitude sickness continue to claim lives on Japan’s most ...

SHIZUOKA—Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki on Sept. 10 said the prefecture will establish entry gates on the trails of Mount ...

Rising house prices, traffic and pollution, and poor water management, have angered residents from Portugal to Japan as ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese hiker died while hiking Mount Fuji's Gotemba Trail on Thursday (Aug. 29). The hiker surnamed Huang (黃) was climbing Mt. Fuji with friends during a trip to Japan, ...

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Pref., Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--This year’s climbing season for Mount Fuji ended on Tuesday without any major confusion over new restrictions that were imposed at the start ...