Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system ...

A 4-year-old girl from Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture had the tip of her finger bitten off by a horse at a commercial ...

As part of an effort to combat the impact of overtourism on Mount Fuji, the prefecture devised a plan in 2021 that suggested ...

Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times ...

Authorities are eyeing a transport system developed by China's state-owned railway company CRRC, as well as alternatives from Japanese firms.

Shizuoka Prefecture plans to charge a toll of between ¥3,000 and ¥5,000 per person to climb Mt. Fuji starting next summer as ...

Suntory Holdings (Suntory) and the Central Japan Hydrogen and Ammonia Association (Association) today signed a basic ...

American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on Wednesday ‘on suspicion of damaging property’ at the Meiji Jingu shrine ...

Japan has scrapped plans to build a light railway part-way up Mount Fuji and is instead considering a Chinese-made cross between a bus and a tram, a local governor said on Monday.

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Of these, 36 are new entries. Last year’s champion, and three-time grand prize winner, Hanazen from the city of Ōdate, Akita ...