A Chinese student faced a double ordeal on Mount Fuji after needing two separate rescues: one for losing his gear, and the ...

An inexperienced climber became stranded on Mount Fuji last week ... sickness occurs as the body’s response to climbing in elevation too quickly. Some climbers can have trouble adjusting ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said Monday.

TOKYO — A climber was rescued twice in one week from Japan’s Mount Fuji after he went back to search for his lost phone, police said Monday. On Sunday, rescuers carried the climber on a ...

The sediment flow stopped at the Osawagawa river sand erosion control facility located at an elevation of 800 meters. A slush avalanche occurs several times a year on Mount Fuji, typically between ...

A Chinese university student who was rescued from Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji twice within four days has become the target of online ridicule and anger. The unnamed 27-year-old man, who lives in ...

“Tracking changes in Mount Fuji’s timberline allows the effects of climate change to be captured and its impact on lower-elevation ecosystems to be predicted,” Sakio said in explaining the ...