A fellow teacher and I went to the Japan Travel Bureau, where we booked trains to Mount Fuji and reserved a pension (bed-and-breakfast) on Lake Kawaguchi. Anticipation was high. Backpacks ready ...

Tokina has announced its first-ever wide angle zoom lens for Fujifilm X-mount cameras. The atx-m 11-18mm F2.8 X joins ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Tourists have literally punched holes in this town’s plan to prevent them from becoming nuisances in their quest to take photos of Mount Fuji. As of May ...

Mount Fuji climbers typically exhibit six patterns of behaviors, ranging from a safe hike following an overnight stay to a dangerous daytrip with little rest, according to a company survey.

Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV will set up an inquiry into a scandal involving a celebrity TV host, after public pressure from an activist investor and a fall in share prices. The results of the ...

TOKYO -- More than 50 companies including Toyota Motor and beermaker Suntory Holdings have pulled advertisements from Japan's Fuji Television Network in reaction to sexual misconduct accusations ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

The alleged sexual misconduct of a former boy band member-turned-TV host has prompted Fuji TV and other broadcasters to look into whether there has been any impropriety or exploitative practices ...

Broadcaster Fuji TV lost more advertisers following allegations about inappropriate behavior by a celebrity host and questions about its handling of the case, with Toyota joining those halting ...

NEW YORK -- An affiliate of Dalton Investments, a U.S. activist fund, has sent Japan's Fuji Media Holdings a second letter dated Jan. 21 regarding its lack of management of the issue involving ...

Mount Ibu, on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, sent a column of smoke up to four kilometers (2.5 miles) into the sky in an eruption Wednesday. Indonesian officials raised ...

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