Mount Fuji in Japan at last received its first taste of snow in the year, but despite the welcome event, environmentalists remain worried. For the first time in 130 years, Mount Fuji had no trace ...

Passang, right, takes groups to the summit. As a child in Nepal, Passang chanced upon an aerial photo of Mt. Fuji in the winter. He was awed by its beauty and wanted to know more about it.

Mt. Fuji's first snowfall was a little behind schedule ... A cameraman from NHK's Nagoya bureau flew by helicopter to capture an aerial view of the first patches of white on the black mountainside.

NIIGATA--The tree line near the halfway point of 3,776-meter Mount Fuji, considered the uppermost limit where such plants can thrive, has steadily climbed over the past four decades and global ...

FUJI-YOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--At the foot of Mount Fuji, prayers for safety in the upcoming climbing season extended to a growing concern. The number of climbers on Japan’s highest peak is ...