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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

This year, an entry fee of 2,000 yen (US$14) plus an optional donation was charged on the popular Yoshida Trail, with numbers ...

The official climbing season for Japan's Mount Fuji is ending on Tuesday. The fifth station was blanketed in fog in the ...