according to a December report by Climate Central. The findings come as Mt. Fuji received its first snowcap of the season on Nov 7 this year, the latest date since records began in 1894.

Mount Fuji's last eruption began on December 16, 1707. It was centered on the southeastern slope and lasted until the following January. Records from the period show that a village about 10 ...

The Hoei eruption began on December 16, 1707, during Japan's Edo period. The blast was centered on the southeastern slope of Mount Fuji, and the event lasted until January the following year.

KOFU--The annual challenge to climb Mount Fuji became more expensive this season, along with the number of climbers per day sharply curtailed. The Yamanashi prefectural assembly unanimously ...

The city, which is a modest bullet train ride away from Tokyo -- with a view of Mount Fuji on the way -- is famed ... for photo-hungry visitors. And in December Ginzan Onsen, a Japanese hot ...

On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base station of Japan's Mount Fuji depositing dozens of lightly dressed foreign tourists in front of souvenir shops and restaurants.