Japan’s leading volcanologists have issued a solemn warning to the population: they must prepare for the potential eruption of Mount Fuji ... if hospitals were affected by the black-out ...

Researchers found evidence of six previously unknown major eruptions ... were thought to lay undisturbed on the lakebed. The lake is situated 13 kilometers northeast of the summit of Mount Fuji.

Many in Japan are demanding that the 27-year-old Chinese man, who lives in the country, pay for the costs of rescuing him ...

Japan this week released a report detailing the limited actions that could be taken were Mt. Fuji to erupt tomorrow. A full-scale eruption could ... and tsunami, the effects of which are still ...

FUJI-YOSHIDA ... said the eruption of Mount Ontake was an eye-opener. “Volcanic plumes from Mount Ontake could be seen even from here,” said Osano, 56. “We were confronted in an unmistakable ...

Officials said the unnamed mountaineer was alone on the Fujinomiya trail on April 22. He had to be rescued again just four ...

(CNN) — Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if the famous Mount Fuji volcano, near Tokyo, were to erupt ... suggestion that an eruption is imminent ...

A government panel believes an eruption on Mount Fuji is less about "if," and a lot more about "when." If it were on a similar scale to the last one, the damage and disruption could be severe.

A century ago, 16 hills in the city were affectionately categorized as Fujimizaka (the slope for seeing Mount Fuji), all ... losses from an immense eruption at Fuji could cost $21 billion.

This was the first time such specific guidelines on how residents should act under possible wide-scale effects of an eruption of Mount Fuji and its subsequent ash fall in the Tokyo metropolitan ...

Fuji. The five lakes were formed by Mt. Fuji's repeated volcanic eruptions, when lava flows blocked rivers or split existing lakes. In times past, and still today, the lakes are an essential part ...