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FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—Local authorities have removed a screen blocking an iconic view of Mount Fuji hovering ... They also changed the screen’s color from black to brown ...
Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week.
A student airlifted from near the peak of Mount Fuji returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days ...
Police in Japan say that climber who was airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week ...
Why did the Mount Fuji rescue of the 27-year-old student happen twice in just four days? Reaching the snowy slopes of Japan’s ...
KOFU—There is still no sign of snow atop Mount Fuji here after two predicted observation days in October yielded nothing. If snow is observed on the mountaintop on Oct. 26, the next potential ...
Mt Fuji’s climbing season (July to September) is edging ever closer. To gear up for the season, ticket prices to climb the mountain have been increased, and on Thursday April 24 Yamanashi ...
Mayon and the iconic image of Japan’s Lawson store with Mt. Fuji in the background—calling it the “Philippine version of Lawson and Mt. Fuji.” Photos of a newly opened 7-Eleven branch with the ...
The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and Mount Fuji. And it takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” which premieres on Netflix ...