YAMANAKAKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Solidified lava from eruptions of Mount Fuji in the distant past offers ... at the base of the 3,776-meter-high volcano, and beyond, in such an event.

The snow-capped peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji has finally formed after the most-delayed snowfall since records began. Its white tip is one of the most iconic sights in Japan, but the volcano’s ...

It coincides with the day Japan’s first volcano observatory was set up in 1911 on Mount Asamayama, which straddles Gunma and Nagano prefectures. The Sekotsuji district of Fuji in Shizuoka ...

Mount Fuji is one of the iconic symbols of Japan, a source of inspiration for artists for centuries and a can't-miss destination for modern-day tourists. It is also an active volcano.

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 ...

The drill, the first of its kind involving the prefectures of Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka -- core members of the Mt. Fuji Volcano Disaster Management Conference -- was held on the assumption ...