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MOUNT IO

Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 16, 2013
Major temblor could trigger Fuji eruption
The iconic, 3,776-meter-high Mount Fuji may violently erupt if a major earthquake were to rip open its magma chamber, according to a team of researchers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 12, 2013
Cashing in on Fuji fever
As Fujiyama-mania sweeps the nations, merchants watch their profits climb.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 11, 2013
Japan by the numbers (07.11.13)
Men like women with healthy appetites ... as long as it doesn't involve gyudon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 8, 2013
As new UNESCO site, Fuji set to beckon to masses
The official climbing season for Mount Fuji kicked off July 1 amid added fanfare over the iconic peak's inclusion as a UNESCO World Heritage cultural site in late June.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2013
Hiking enthusiasts flock to Mount Fuji as climbing season opens
Hikers flocked to Mount Fuji on Monday as Japan's highest mountain, which last month was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, opened for the climbing season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2013
UNESCO award spurs Fuji tourist guide frenzy
Now that Mount Fuji has been inscribed on UNESCO's list of World Cultural Heritage sites, some tourism agencies are rushing to capitalize on the historic opportunity in the hopes that the decision will spur the mountain's already robust popularity among foreign travelers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2013
Mount Fuji named World Heritage site
The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided Saturday to inscribe Mount Fuji on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage list.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 23, 2013
Mount Fuji has long been an icon
In the land of Yamato,
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2013
Mount Fuji discussed by UNESCO
UNESCO began discussions Friday in Phnom Penh on 30 sites nominated for World Heritage recognition, including Mount Fuji.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2013
Miura Award in works to honor adventurers who push the envelope
Japan will introduce the Miura Award to give credit to adventurers who have accomplished their dreams and goals regardless of age, after Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, 80, last month became the world's oldest person to scale Mount Everest, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 2, 2013
Searching for Mount Fuji
Japan is full of good place names. Who can resist Utsukushigahara (Beautiful Field) in Nagano Prefecture, Ginza (Golden Seat) in Tokyo or the sad irony of Fukushima — Isle of Good Fortune?
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2013
Miura calls it a day with Mount Everest
Famed alpinist and professional skier Yuichiro Miura, who defied age last week by climbing Mount Everest at 80, said Sunday in Katmandu that he will not attempt the mountain again.
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2013
Challenge of a lifetime, again
Having conquered Mount Everest for the third time, Yuichiro Miura, 80, demonstrates the physical possibilities of human endurance while inspiring Japan's elderly.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2013
Managing Mount Fuji's fame
Chances have increased that Mount Fuji will become a World Heritage site in June following an April 30 recommendation by a UNESCO panel. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) noted that the volcano is a national symbol of Japan and blends religious and artistic traditions.
JAPAN
May 21, 2013
UNESCO head welcomes Fuji heritage proposal
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova has said Japan's iconic Mount Fuji is "a bearer" of cultural and intangible heritage for its influence on tradition, expressing pleasure that the mountain is almost certain to become a World Heritage site.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 17, 2013
Alpinist Miura, 80, off to retake Everest age record
Yuichi Miura, 80, has launched his bid to retake the crown as the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, his management office said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 12, 2013
Will Mount Fuji celebrate World Heritage status by blowing its top?
On May 1, Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs announced it had received notification that Mount Fuji had been recommended for World Heritage status by the UNESCO-affiliated International Council on Monuments and Sites. Formal approval is expected at the World Heritage Committee meeting in Cambodia next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2013
Heritage status will mean big changes
Local and prefectural governments and businesses surrounding Mount Fuji welcomed the news that the World Heritage Committee is expected to designate Japan's most famous and popular mountain as a World Heritage site, despite concerns about what it will mean to the local environment and questions about how its preservation will be funded.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 2, 2013
Hotelier's share price shoots up on good news
An operator of amusement parks and hotels at the foot of Mount Fuji saw its share price spike Wednesday after a UNESCO panel recommended that the iconic peak be granted World Heritage status.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2013
Mount Fuji on verge of World Heritage listing
A UNESCO panel urges that World Heritage status be granted to Mount Fuji, putting the iconic peak on a direct path to registration as early as June.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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