THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 22, 2023 at 17:22 JST
Tourists throng at the fifth station of Mount Fuji in Fuji-Yoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 18. (Takuya Ikeda)
FUJI-YOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--Local authorities have failed to take effective measures to curb the hordes of hikers climbing Mount Fuji, which was named a World Heritage site a decade ago, despite a formal recommendation from UNESCO advisers. [Read More]
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