Tokyo >> The Japan Map Center released an online guide to locations where Mount Fuji can be viewed, showing that the nation’s renowned 12,388-foot volcano can be observed from as far as 186 ...

Last week, the Japanese government revised its volcanic hazard map for Mount Fuji for the first time in 17 years. ... located on the southwest side of Mount Fuji, within two hours.

The Japan Map Center on Monday released an online guide to locations where Mount Fuji can be viewed, showing that the nation's renowned 3,776-meter volcano can be observed from as far as 300 km away.

Instead they chose to walk from the sea to the summit, and now with bilingual maps from Fuji City in Shizuoka Prefecture, you can do the same. While the route has been technically doable for years, ...

An image of a map showing traffic fatalities involving animals in the area surrounding Mount Fuji, whereby clicking on an animal's silhouette shows a photograph taken in the local area.

Scientists plan to detonate a series of explosions below Mt. Fuji to help predict the likelihood of future eruptions. Five underground blasts–each of 1,100 pounds of explosives–will be set off ...

Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese island of Honshu, is still lacking any measurable snow, extending a record for no snow in October, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.