Mount Fuji, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. Pollution from the constant stream of tourist buses and cars arriving at ...

Climbing Mount Fuji may be about to get a lot easier, as officials are believed to be eying up a new tram system to quell overcrowding and pollution on the trails. According to a report by Reuters ...

The environmental challenges at Mount Fuji extend beyond its lack of snow. The mountain faces issues of overtourism and ...

Climbers must pay 2,000 yen ($12) and their numbers will be limited to 4,000 a day after complaints of litter, pollution, and dangerously crowded trails flowed in last year. "I think Mount Fuji ...