Tomoa Narasaki and Taisei Ishimatsu finished second and third, respectively, behind German winner Jan Hojer on Saturday in the last bouldering competition of the World Cup sport climbing tour's season. Narasaki was unable to defend his men's overall title, finishing second in the season standings ...
100 YEARS AGO Sunday, July 1 1917 There are heard such cries as "To the mountains" as the hot summer approaches. As may be remembered, a number of excursionists met with disaster last year owing to the improvidence on their part as well as the inclemency ...
Kokoro Fujii won the men's bouldering competition at the season opener of the IFSC Climbing World Cup tour on Saturday. The 24-year-old Fujii, who finished second in the overall World Cup rankings last season, earned 100 points for having the least number of attempts at ...
Japanese alpinist and mountain photographer Kazuya Hiraide, 37, won this year's Uemura Naomi Adventure Prize, awarded for significant achievements in nature exploration, the prize organizer said. Born in the town of Fujimi, Nagano Prefecture, Hiraide became the first person to scale the southeastern wall of ...
Mount Fuji is supposed to be open to hikers only in the summer, but Japan's iconic mountain attracts climbers who brave the wind-swept peak during the off season. Accidents occur almost every winter on the nation's highest mountain, including one last month that left two ...
A search is underway for a man believed to be Hirotaka Onodera, 23, who slipped and fell near the summit of Nepal’s Mt. Manaslu on Oct. 7.
Tomoa Narasaki won the D4 men's bouldering classification final at the IFSC Climbing World Championships on Saturday, becoming the first Japanese to accomplish the feat in the newly introduced Olympic sport. On the fourth day of competition at the AccorHotels Arena, Narasaki, who is No. ...
Japanese comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, known by the stage name Nasubi, scaled Mount Everest on Thursday, according to an official from the Nepal Tourism Ministry. Hamatsu, 40, team leader Kenji Kondo, 53, and three other Japanese — Sumio Hibino, Ban Ito and Koki Nishida — successfully ...
Nature lovers are scaling new heights with a hobby that provides a sense of adventure while promoting forest conservation. "Tree climbing" is becoming increasingly popular in Japan as a form of outdoor recreation that not only offers excitement but also rest and relaxation for overworked ...
Five additional sports, including skateboarding and surfing, have been recommended by the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics for inclusion at the 2020 Summer Games, it was announced on Monday. Baseball/softball, karate and climbing were also given the thumbs up under a proposal that will see ...
At least nine people died and 30 were injured Sunday at various summer leisure spots across Japan, according to police and fire department reports. Among those killed were two people from Hyogo Prefecture — Shinji Fukamoto, 57, a company worker from Himeji, and Akiyo Sugi, ...
A 2,400-ton chunk of granite broke loose last week from the towering Half Dome formation in Yosemite National Park, altering one of North America's most popular rock-climbing routes, but no one was hurt and casual visitors will probably never notice. The fallen slab, estimated to ...
