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Axial Seamount, a volcano hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon, may be a problem in the near future. This underwater ...

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka ...

It was not known whether he was able to find his phone in the end Mount Fuji, an active volcano and Japan's highest peak, is covered in snow for most of the year. Pexels TOKYO: A man in his 20s ...

The man had also lost his crampons – necessary on the ice-covered higher levels at Mount Fuji – other climbing equipment, and his mobile phone. Four days later, emergency rescue teams received ...

TOKYO — A climber was rescued twice in one week from Japan’s Mount Fuji after he went back to search for his lost phone, police said Monday. On Sunday, rescuers carried the climber on a ...

Officials in Japan are calling for new rules to charge climbers who require rescue from Mount Fuji outside the official climbing season, as concerns rise over high emergency service costs and the ...

Mount Fuji, an active volcano and Japan’s highest peak, is covered in snow for most of the year. Its hiking trails are open from early July to early September, a period when crowds trudge up the ...

Being located at the foot of Mount Fuji is a source of pride for the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Fujinomiya and its residents. That proximity to Japan’s tallest and most famous mountain, though, has ...