Japan this week released a report detailing the countermeasures to be taken should Mt. Fuji erupt and spew vast quantities of ...

Battling overtourism and littering, Mount Fuji will now double its tourist tax. Here's what travelers should know.

Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if the famous Mount Fuji volcano, near Tokyo, were ...

Japan’s leading volcanologists have issued a solemn warning to the population: they must prepare for the potential eruption ...

As Japan marks the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated large areas of the country’s northeast in 2011, experts have warned that the seismic conditions in an underwater ...

Then Fuji Television Network Inc. President Koichi ... In particular, female announcers, called "joshi-ana" (girl announcers) in Japan, have been used and objectified as mere eye candy.

Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here. Japan’s Trade Minister Yoji Muto will visit the US next week as Tokyo steps up efforts to seek a reprieve from ...

The county official said she aimed to complete the “Asian Trilogy Peak Challenge” of Taiwan’s Yushan (玉山, 3,952m), Mount Kinabalu (4,095m) and Japan’s Mount Fuji (3,776 m), to ... Fong’s record label ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds from ENE to E. The overnight low will be 39 °F (3.9 °C). Cloudy with a high of 45 °F (7.2 °C) and a 79% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 ...

The Ofunato wildfire, in Iwate prefecture, has more than doubled in size in the past three days to become Japan’s largest for 33 years, and as of Sunday covered about 1,800 hectares (4,500 acres).

Zekkei translates to “beautiful scenery,” and the mountainous part of that promise comes from the Zekkei Fireworks venue, the Fujiten Resort area located partway up the slopes of Mount Fuji, near its ...

Hisashi Hieda, a longtime director at Fuji Media Holdings, has stepped down as a member of the Japanese company's management advisory committee, Fuji Media President Osamu Kanemitsu said Thursday.