Japan has scrapped plans to build a light railway part-way up Mount Fuji and is instead considering a Chinese-made cross between a bus and a tram, a local governor said on Monday.

Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times ...

Shizuoka Prefecture plans to charge a toll of between ¥3,000 and ¥5,000 per person to climb Mt. Fuji starting next summer as ...

A 4-year-old girl from Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture had the tip of her finger bitten off by a horse at a commercial ...

As part of an effort to combat the impact of overtourism on Mount Fuji, the prefecture devised a plan in 2021 that suggested ...

Yamanashi Prefecture has abandoned plans for a Mount Fuji railway line and is instead considering a rubber-tired tram system ...

American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on Wednesday ‘on suspicion of damaging property’ at the Meiji Jingu shrine ...

Suntory Holdings (Suntory) and the Central Japan Hydrogen and Ammonia Association (Association) today signed a basic ...

Authorities are eyeing a transport system developed by China's state-owned railway company CRRC, as well as alternatives from Japanese firms.

Of these, 36 are new entries. Last year’s champion, and three-time grand prize winner, Hanazen from the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, has submitted a new creation this year. It is curiously named ...

The Yamanashi prefectural government said Monday it has given up its proposal to build a light rail connection to the fifth ...

Yamanashi, Japan: Inside the cabin of the world’s fastest ... For years, one regional government district, the Shizuoka ...