Japan's Meteorological Agency has proposed an ash fall warning to be issued in the event at least three centimeters of ...

Findings released in 2018 by Akita University and the University of Tokyo also drew considerable attention after layers of volcanic ash from an eruption of Mount Fuji around 2,500 years ago were ...

The greater Tokyo metropolitan area would effectively cease to function within hours of a full-scale eruption of Mount Fuji, according to the first government simulation of such an event in the ...

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan – including ... both from the University of Tokyo. They begin their search with a land survey. Using ground-penetrating radar, they locate what could be ...

There is an old Japanese saying that to climb Fuji once is wise, to climb it twice is to proclaim oneself a fool.” ...

It’s Friday night and I’m sat in the corner of a dive bar in Hiroshima sipping a local plum wine and cheering on a group of three Japanese businessmen, dressed in full suit-and-briefcase ...

JAPAN’S financial regulator urged the country’s regional banks to pay closer attention to the risks of investing in so-called repackaged government bonds, which are gaining popularity, people familiar ...

Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and ...

The city, which is a modest bullet train ride away from Tokyo -- with a view of Mount Fuji on the way -- is famed for its kimono-clad geisha performers and Buddhist temples. Residents have ...

And while its capital, Tokyo, is a must-visit for first timers ... For centuries, Japanese artists and poets have been inspired by Mount Fuji's almost perfectly round form. The Fuji Five Lakes ...