A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

A challenge that has taken on a greater urgency than before the World Heritage listing is disaster prevention at Mount Fuji, an active volcano. The Sept. 27, 2014, eruption of Mount Ontake ...

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

While Mount Fuji is covered in snow for most of the year, during the hiking season, between July and September, the rocky ...

Mount Fuji, south-west of Tokyo, is Japan's highest mountain at 3,776m (12,460 ft). The volcano, which last erupted just over 300 years ago, is visible from the Japanese capital on a clear day.

Located south-west of Tokyo, Mount Fuji stands at 3,776m (12,460 ft). It last erupted just over 300 years ago and is visible from the capital on a clear day. With temperatures between June and ...

A working committee under the government’s Central Disaster Management Council on March 31 released its estimates of what would unfold should Mount Fuji erupt on a scale of the Hoei eruption in ...

Last week, the Japanese government revised its volcanic hazard map for Mount Fuji for the first time in 17 years. This comes as new data shows that lava flows from a major eruption could spread as ...

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

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 ...

As a part of the Arakura Sengen Shrine, founded in 705, the land surrounding the pagoda was once covered in lava from the legendary volcanic eruption of Mount Fuji in 807. So not only will you be ...