On a freezing day in October 2019, Tetsu Shiohara, a stage 4 cancer patient, began livestreaming his solo climb of Mount Fuji. Lacking winter gear or safety equipment, he reached the summit—but never ...

While it lies 'dormant', sleeping on the periphery of civilisation, Mt. Fuji remains an active volcano with immense power contained within. As in 1707, an earthquake off the coast of the country ...

a major Mount Fuji eruption would produce about 490 million cubic meters of ash, about 10 times the amount of debris that resulted from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

The locations of the earthquakes raised concerns among the public that potentially catastrophic events could follow, namely an eruption of Mount Fuji or a Nankai Trough megaquake. But the Japan ...

The Japanese government has issued a contingency plan for a potential Mount Fuji eruption, to help the public prepare for the severe consequences, in case of widespread ashfall and infrastructure dama ...

Japanese authorities have issued guidance on how the public should respond if the famous Mount Fuji volcano, near Tokyo, were to erupt. Experts recommend sheltering at home and maintaining a two ...

It was more than two weeks before Mt. Fuji stopped erupting. For 16 days, volcanic rock rained down on the communities at the base of the mountain, blanketing cities over 60 miles away in dense ash.

Japan has released a report detailing countermeasures to be taken if Mount Fuji were to erupt and release ... amount of debris generated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated much ...

The study estimates that a major eruption of Mount Fuji could release up to 490 million cubic metres of ash – about 10 times more debris than the 2011 earthquake and tsunami produced.