Japanese authorities seeking to reduce the carbon footprint and overcrowding at Mount Fuji will propose a trackless, rubber-tired tram system made by China’s CRRC to transport climbers, a person ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—A large black plastic sheet was installed in front of a Lawson convenience store here to block views of Mount Fuji and prevent ill-mannered tourists from ...

Curbs on 'bullet climbing' rapid ascents will also be instituted Climbers using the four trails on Mount Fuji will be charged ...

(CNN) — Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a world-famous landmark and an icon of Japan. But it has also become a “trash mountain” overcrowded by millions of tourists. To try and ...

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan -- The quest to share an iconic image of Japan on social media is driving a tourist boom near Mount Fuji that is spreading far beyond the beaten track. Fujiyoshida, formerly a ...

Last month, after a six-hour flight from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, our plane landed at Tokyo’s Narita Airport just after 7am. My family and I were there for a 12-day self-drive odyssey, and ...