Mount Fuji, the tallest peak in Japan with a height of 3,776 meters (12,389 feet), is an active stratovolcano that last ...

One of the most iconic active volcanoes in the ... the first snowfall on Mount Fuji every year -- a marker that winter has ...

“Our accomplishment could change the existing interpretation of Mount Fuji’s volcanic ... for traces of volcanic ash and other substances spewed from past eruptions of Japan’s highest ...

Climbers will be urged to leave Mount Fuji immediately ... the mountain when the Japan Meteorological Agency issues an alert indicating non-threatening but unusual volcanic activity.

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.

It appears that these magma bodies exist beneath volcanoes over their whole lifetime, not just during an active state.' ...

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 ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency started its meetings to establish ashfall alerts and forecasts in preparation for a ...

Mount Fuji is one of the iconic symbols of Japan, a source of inspiration for artists for centuries and a can't-miss destination for modern-day tourists. It is also an active volcano. Last week ...

Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been silent ... Yamanashi and Shizuoka -- core members of the Mt. Fuji Volcano Disaster Management Conference -- was held on the assumption that large amounts of ...

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 ...

which leads to the popular Yoshida trail for hikers climbing Mount Fuji (AFP via Getty Images) At the Japan Tourism Agency, officials are aware that the rapid influx of visitors is proving ...