Kokichi Akuzawa is an experienced climber who trained for his journey up the mountain by walking for one hour every morning ...

It is the season’s first fatality to occur on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the mountain. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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If Moses had descended from Mount Fuji instead of Sinai, he might’ve brought with him not stone tablets but a clipboard and a stopwatch.

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A 60-year-old British hiker made a costly mistake when he knowingly entered a closed trail in the Italian Dolomite mountains.

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Police across Japan are using a new strategy to crack down on unlicensed taxi services—catching illegal taxis in the act at ...

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