The petition was filed over safety concerns by some 1,500 residents living near the plant in Ehime Prefecture, which is operated by Shikoku Electric Power. Read more
Yamanashi Prefecture is doubling its ¥2,000 ($14) entry fee for the Yoshida Trail, while Shizuoka Prefecture will charge the same amount for its three trails. Read more
The prefectural government of Yamanashi plans to raise the entry fee for Mount Fuji climbers from the current ¥2,000 to between ¥3,000 and ¥5,000, sources said Monday. Read more
The geological process at work on Mount Everest, scientists say, is called isostatic rebound. Read more
Restrictions implemented on the popular Yoshida trail have significantly reduced the number of “bullet climbers” and reduced bad behavior associated with the practice. Read more
Shortly after midnight Tuesday, 5,000 meters up in the Himalayas just south of India’s border with China, a slight shift started an avalanche. Snow, ice and boulders slid into a giant glacia... Read more
The bodies of four people were found Saturday morning near a trail on Mount Asahi in Tochigi Prefecture, police said. Read more
Rei Banno, a sixth grader in the city of Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, has spoken of her experience climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, in September at the age of 11. Read more
Alpinist Yuichiro Miura, 90, reached the summit of Mount Fuji with a group of friends and family on Thursday, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent. Miura arrived at the peak at... Read more
Change could be in store for Mount Fuji as the Yamanashi Prefectural Government grapples with over-tourism concerns, with Gov. Kotaro Nagasaki suggesting that a light rail transit system cou... Read more
