Although iconic Mount Fuji has not erupted for more than 300 years, the last time in 1707, volcanologists and officials are calling for improved disaster preparedness and evacuation plans.

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including, it's sometimes forgotten, the nation's largest active volcano. The last eruption was more ... where Subashiri once did, and a team of researchers ...

The greater Tokyo metropolitan area would effectively cease to function within hours of a full-scale eruption ... should Mount Fuji erupt on a scale of the Hoei eruption in 1707, the last time ...