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 ...

A working committee under the government’s Central Disaster Management Council on March 31 released its estimates of what would unfold should Mount Fuji erupt on a scale of the Hoei eruption in ...

Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been silent for over 300 years since the Hoei Eruption of 1707. Currently, there are no signs of an eruption. Historical records indicate, however, that Mount Fuji ...

But another view reveals the site of Mount Fuji’s last confirmed eruption, which began on December 16, 1707, during Japan’s Hoei era. The image of a tranquil Fuji became enshrined in ...

Last week, the Japanese government revised its volcanic hazard map for Mount Fuji for the first time in 17 years. This comes as new data shows that lava flows from a major eruption could spread as ...

It appears that these magma bodies exist beneath volcanoes over their whole lifetime, not just during an active state.' ...

Join our explorers as they pursue the cinematic beauty of Japan. Kyle Card hikes the newly designated long trail around majestic Mt. Fuji and discovers its secrets.

Mount Fuji, the tallest peak in Japan with a height of 3,776 meters (12,389 feet), is an active stratovolcano that last ...

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits to touring vineyards on the mountain’s slopes.

The company said the 175-acre site at the base of Mount Fuji would be a testing ground for robotics and self-driving tech. Chairman Akio Toyoda said the city could include "pet robots" for older ...