The discovery may lead to a review of conventional studies on volcanic event intervals and scales, said scientists from Yamanashi Prefecture’s Mount Fuji Research Institute and the Atmosphere ...

Findings released in 2018 by Akita University and the University of Tokyo also drew considerable attention after layers of volcanic ash from an eruption of Mount Fuji around 2,500 years ago were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Tragedy struck as three bodies were found inside a crater at the summit of Mount Fuji in Japan, police said today. One of the ...

The drill, the first of its kind involving the prefectures of Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka -- core members of the Mt. Fuji Volcano Disaster Management Conference -- was held on the assumption ...

The snow-capped peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji has finally formed after the most-delayed snowfall since records began. Its white tip is one of the most iconic sights in Japan, but the volcano’s ...