It is also an active volcano. 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 ...

Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese ... and lows in the 50s making it impossible for snow to generate. An ...

Japan set to charge Mount Fuji climbers entry fees on all trails to curb overtourism - Shizuoka prefecture to impose charges ...

“Craters could arise anywhere on Mount Fuji,” Yoshimoto said. “Combining data on crater locations and wind direction with the hazard map will make it possible to presuppose how lava and ...

Climbers will be urged to leave Mount Fuji immediately when scientists detect ... The new plan reflects a 2021 update on volcanic hazard maps of the country’s tallest mountain, which is 3,776 ...

A record influx of foreign tourists to Japan has sparked alarm about overcrowding on the nation's highest mountain, a once-peaceful pilgrimage site ...