Mount Fuji is one of the ... 1707, during Japan's Edo period. Shizuoka Governor Kawakatsu Heita, who chairs the council, says the group will use the new map to revise evacuation plans for areas ...

A Japanese panel of experts issued guidance to greater Tokyo residents on Friday in the event Mount Fuji erupts, telling them ...

Prospective hikers to the Japanese tourist site will have to take a class about hiking safety and local rules.

The new plan reflects a 2021 update on volcanic hazard maps of ... Hikers at Mount Fuji’s fifth station or higher will be instructed to descend from the mountain when the Japan Meteorological ...