There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

Ordering the ochazuke special at Mt. Fuji is a bit like peering into the childhood photo albums of brothers Aaron Jackson and Yusuke Jackson, the revered sushi spot’s new owners. They’re new ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Park rangers on Japan's sacred Mount Fuji officially started this year's climbing season about 90 minutes before sunrise on Monday, levying new trail fees and ...

Researchers found evidence of six previously unknown major eruptions of majestic Mount Fuji between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. The discovery may lead to a review of conventional studies on ...

An activist investor is demanding that Japan’s Fuji Media Holdings Inc. investigate a scandal embroiling one of the country’s most prominent celebrities, saying lack of transparency over the ...

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 ...

(Corrects paragraphs 3-4 and 7 after Shukan Bunshun magazine says it reported in error that the dinner invitation had been extended by a Fuji TV executive. Also ...

Japan's beloved Mount Fuji isn't just a popular tourist spot, it's an active volcano that could paralyze wide areas with ash-fall if it erupts, including Tokyo. NHK World reports on how the ...

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 ...

Search teams rescued two Massachusetts residents during an overnight operation on Mount Washington, officials said. In a statement, the New Hampshire Fish and Game department said it received a ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has suggested ...

Boston, we (unofficially) have a race for mayor! As the Globe reported on Tuesday, Josh Kraft — longtime do-gooder and youngest son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft — plans to launch ...