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

Mount Fuji is one of the iconic ... whose border the mountain straddles, and neighboring Kanagawa Prefecture. The council updated the map based on the latest studies and geographical data.

A revised hazard map for volcanic Mount Fuji in central Japan suggests the volume of lava flow from a major eruption would likely be double that of previous estimates. The updated finding was ...