The restrictions that were brought in last year proved to be effective, reducing the number of visitors ascending Mount Fuji from 221,322 in 2023 to 204,316, according to figures from Japan’s ...

TOKYO — Hikers planning to summit Mount Fuji — Japan’s highest mountain and a popular bucket-list destination — will pay more to access its most-used trails this year as prefectural ...

The communications ministry said Thursday that it has warned Fuji Television Network and its parent, Fuji Media Holdings, over their handling of a sex scandal by a former celebrity. The ministry ...

A third-party panel that investigated a series of scandals involving Fuji TV and former TV star Masahiro Nakai concluded that he committed “sexual violence” against an unnamed woman for which ...

Last year, Japan started collecting entry fees of ¥2,000 (£10) per head from people climbing the famous volcano to limit the number of trekkers to Mount Fuji. A gate was installed at the ...

Climbers using the four trails on Mount Fuji will be charged a fee of 4,000 ... “bullet climbing”, or trying to reach the summit of Japan’s tallest mountain without resting.

Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if the famous Mount Fuji volcano, near Tokyo, were to erupt. Experts recommend sheltering at home and maintaining a two ...

Several weekly scandal magazines are running stories this week and last month stating that Fuji TV might sue the sexual predator ... His behavior is translated from Japanese just as sexual assault or ...

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. created an environment ... who used to be one of Japan’s most prominent presenters, sexually assaulted a woman who was then employed by the broadcaster.

A third-party panel probing Fuji Television Network Inc and its handling of a scandal involving famous former TV host Masahiro Nakai has concluded he sexually assaulted a female employee amid a ...