YAMANAKAKO, Yamanashi Prefecture--Solidified lava from eruptions of Mount Fuji in the distant past offers frightening clues of what awaits if the sacred mountain blows its top again. Researchers ...

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits to touring vineyards on the mountain’s slopes.

It appears that these magma bodies exist beneath volcanoes over their whole lifetime, not just during an active state.' ...

One of the world's most active volcanoes erupted over 1,000 times in the first 19 days of 2025, producing ash clouds over two miles high.

In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption's effects altered Earth’s climate for years and even led to the “year without summer” in 1816.

The Japan Meteorological Agency started its meetings to establish ashfall alerts and forecasts in preparation for a potential large-scale volcanic eruption. Watch the video for details.

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company said Monday that its president and chairperson were resigning immediately to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal ...

Researchers in Japan have confirmed microplastics are present ... In a study published in Environmental Chemistry Letters, scientists climbed Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama to collect water from ...

by George Waldenberger, KOMO News Meteorologist TOPICS: For many, the word “eruption” brings to mind 1980 when Mount Saint Helens demonstrated that the Washington Cascades are one of the most ...

Tourist spots near Japan's Mount Fuji are crowded with visitors from China and elsewhere ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. Resorts on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Japan's highest peak have ...