“The death of 24 people on Mount Fuji led to the formation of our mountain rescue team,” says Katsunori Masuda, an officer ...

In 1707 Mount Fuji erupted. The disaster came on the heels of the Great Hōei earthquake, ... (12 in) in height, as the combined weight together with rain may bring down the structure. ...

Little is known about the seismic structure under Mount Fuji because faults were buried by mudflows triggered by a huge landslide that occurred about 2,600 to 2,900 years ago, ...

Snowcapped Mount Fuji is listed as an active volcano with a moderate risk of eruption. It last erupted in 1707, sprinkling Tokyo with ash. An estimated 12.5 million people - roughly 10 percent of ...

At Mount Fuji Dream Bridge, near Japan’s highest peak, a fence is being put up to stop foreign visitors jaywalking. A nearby town recently put up a screen to block tourists’ views of the peak.

No man-made structure can ever improve a mountain like Fuji-san, of course, but in creating Mount Fuji World Heritage Centre, Ban has achieved the next best thing: he has used great architecture ...

A NEWLY constructed residential building in suburban Tokyo will be pulled down a month before the apartments were due to be handed over to buyers, after incensed locals complained the structure ...