Two of the four main climbing trails on Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak, have opened for the season. One trail on the ...

By IntelliNews A preliminary magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck central Japan late on June 26, shaking Yamanashi Prefecture and ...

I was 14 years old when my family and I took a trip to Japan--my first time out of the country. The highlight of those two weeks wasn't my daily ice-cold bottle of fizzy C.C. Lemon. It was our hike up ...

Earthquake today: Japan is prone to quakes and tsunami. A series of quakes have hit lately, including a 7.2 magnitude quake ...

On the night of the 26th, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 occurred in Yamanashi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Local ...

Mt. Fuji's climbing season commenced Wednesday as two of the four main hiking trails opened, with hikers making their way to ...

Few mountains anywhere in the world enjoy the name recognition of Japan's cone-shaped, dormant volcano. A handout image provided by the Yamanashi prefecture administration shows Japan's iconic Mt.

TOKYO — Japan’s iconic Mt. Fuji, known for its snowcap forming around this time of year, is still snowless in November for the first time in 130 years, presumably because of the unusually warm ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit Yamanashi prefecture west of Tokyo late on June 26, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The climbing season officially opened on Mount Fuji on July 1, and experts are already warning visitors, particularly ...

TOKYO — Japan's Mount Fuji finally got its trademark snowcap early on Wednesday, more than a month after it normally would and after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years. The ...

Japan's Mount Fuji will likely be added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites next month after an influential advisory panel to the UN cultural body made a recommendation, officials said. The ...