NIIGATA--The tree line near the halfway point of 3,776-meter Mount Fuji, considered the uppermost limit where such plants can thrive, has steadily climbed over the past four decades and global ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system to bring climbers to the mountain, Yamanashi Governor Kotaro Nagasaki ...

The line would run along the Fuji Subaru Line, the toll road to the 5th station that serves as the starting point to one of the mountain's most popular hiking trails. The prefecture projects ...

Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if the famous Mount Fuji volcano ... and power lines could be cut by the weight of the ash, leading to power outages.