But another view reveals the site of Mount Fuji’s last confirmed eruption, which began on December 16, 1707, during Japan’s ...

A challenge that has taken on a greater urgency than before the World Heritage listing is disaster prevention at Mount Fuji, an active volcano. The Sept. 27, 2014, eruption of Mount Ontake ...

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits ...

Mount Fuji, south-west of Tokyo, is Japan's highest mountain at 3,776m (12,460 ft). The volcano, which last erupted just over 300 years ago, is visible from the Japanese capital on a clear day.

Located south-west of Tokyo, Mount Fuji stands at 3,776m (12,460 ft). It last erupted just over 300 years ago and is visible from the capital on a clear day. With temperatures between June and ...

A working committee under the government’s Central Disaster Management Council on March 31 released its estimates of what would unfold should Mount Fuji erupt on a scale of the Hoei eruption in ...

In memory of former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday, we are rerunning this history column documenting his visit to ...

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 ...

Toyota's "Woven City," a $10 billion smart city at the base of Mount Fuji, is beginning to take shape. The Japanese automaker announced the "city of the future" in 2021, with the 175-acre site set ...

Last year, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the two prefectures in which Mount Fuji stands, introduced a mandatory hiking fee for those heading up the symbol of Japan. Now Shizuoka, the other prefecture ...

Mount Fuji’s last eruption, which happened on this day in 1707, was also its largest, spewing ash and debris over cities and farms, causing famines, respiratory problems and untold death Eli ...