Four people were found dead on Mount Fuji on June 26, days before the official climbing season starts on Japan’s highest peak, police said. Three of the bodies were discovered in separate ...

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including, it's sometimes forgotten, the nation's largest active volcano. The last eruption was more than three centuries ago, but with every passing year ...

Mt. Fuji’s climbing season typically lasts from July through August. During these two months, trails are crowded and mountain huts are packed, with people sleeping close to each other on the floor.

On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base station of Japan's Mount Fuji depositing dozens of lightly dressed foreign tourists in front of souvenir shops and restaurants.

TOKYO: Three people were found without vital signs near the summit of Mount Fuji, Japanese media reported on Wednesday (June 26), just days before the summer climbing season begins. Authorities ...