People planning to visit Mt. Fuji will be required to wear appropriate climbing gear, the local government hosting the ...

To make reservations to enter the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side of the mountain, climbers are required to pay an ...

HAMAMATSU—Actress Ryoko Hirosue, who is accused of injuring a nurse by kicking and scratching her at a hospital, was released ...

A magnitude 5 weak earthquake struck the town of Otsuki in Nagano Prefecture on the evening of December 18, causing damage to stone walls and roof tiles in the affected areas. As the first light of ...

Following media reports April 8 on the arrest of actor Ryoko Hirosue on suspicion of inflicting minor injuries to a nurse at ...

A government advisory panel will start discussions Monday to review the country's retrial system for criminal cases in which ...

Mt Fuji was designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 2013. It attracts hundreds of thousands of climbers yearly during its official climbing season through September.

Actress Hirosue Ryoko was released from police detention on April 16, eight days after being arrested for allegedly ...

Both parties reached a settlement and the star will undergo treatment for emotional instability. Read more at ...

Japanese actor Hirosue Ryoko has been released from police detention. She was arrested on April 8 on suspicion of having ...

Cartographer Ino Tadataka (1745-1818) was 55 years old when he set out on his first surveying trip in 1800 to chart the coast ...