The Hoei eruption began on December 16, 1707, during Japan's Edo period. Shizuoka Governor Kawakatsu Heita, who chairs the council, says the group will use the new map to revise evacuation plans ...

A revised hazard map for volcanic Mount Fuji in central Japan suggests the volume of ... They are Yamanashi, Shizuoka and Kanagawa. The hazard map was first compiled in June 2004.

SHIZUOKA--Along with registering to climb three trails to Mount Fuji's summit from Shizuoka Prefecture, climbers will be urged to take a "manners lesson" on the internet in advance from this summer.

Every summer, hundreds of thousands of climbers from around the world travel to Mt. Fuji to scale Japan’s highest peak ... The state of emergency in Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, where ...