July 1 (UPI) -- Mt. Fuji's climbing season started with an increased fee to prevent over-tourism and dangerous climbs on ...

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka ...

Japan has introduced sweeping new measures for Mount Fuji’s 2025 climbing season, including a uniform entrance fee of ¥4,000 (around £20) for all four of its main trails.

FILE – Mount Fuji is viewed, Jan. 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, file) The climber was identified only as a 27-year-old Chinese student living in Japan.

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports. Later, officers ...

Japan has introduced sweeping new measures for Mount Fuji’s 2025 climbing season, including a uniform entrance fee of ¥4,000 (around £20) for all four of its main trails.. The move, which begins in ...

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports. Police told AFP the ...

Mount Fuji is 12,388 feet high and was designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 2013. The man was rescued from the mountain’s Fujinomiya trail, which is nearly 10,000 feet above sea ...

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports.