I was 14 years old when my family and I took a trip to Japan--my first time out of the country. The highlight of those two weeks wasn't my daily ice-cold bottle of fizzy C.C. Lemon. It was our hike up ...

(CNN) — Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a world-famous landmark and an icon of Japan. But it has also become a “trash mountain” overcrowded by millions of tourists. To try and bring more ...

Climbing Mount Fuji on a trip sponsored by a U.S. military base will cost more this year as Japan seeks to offset the impact of thousands of visitors to the iconic volcano. Yamanashi prefecture this ...

Japanese officials believe they're taking steps to better manage visitor numbers at Mount Fuji. For now, Japan's tourism boom is showing no signs of slowing down. Those heading to Mount Fuji later ...

Mount Fuji's summer climbing season begins on Monday with new crowd control measures on the Japanese volcano's most popular hiking trail to combat overtourism. An entry fee of 2,000 yen ($13) plus an ...

A deliveryman in Japan is going viral for making a six-hour hike up the nation’s tallest peak to deliver food to hungry climbers. The hikers had made their way up Mount Fuji, which stands around ...

Our team set out for Japan's highest peak, which rises more than 12,000 feet. ABC News Coordinating Producer Christopher Godburn details his journey climbing Mount Fuji in Japan with his team after ...

For Marines, being off duty doesn't mean taking days off. Cpls. Otto Thiele, Christopher Ehms and Eric Goodman and Lance Cpls. Antonio Martinez and Avelardo Guevara Osuna were spending the Fourth of ...