Local authorities hope the sight of “Costco Fuji” will attract visitors to the city. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Mt Fuji’s climbing season (July to September) is edging ever closer. To gear up for the season, ticket prices to climb the mountain have been increased, and on Thursday April 24 Yamanashi prefecture ...

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Yamanashi police also said they have found a sock. Misaki’s mother, Tomoko Ogura, who lives in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, visited the wilderness site on April 28 where the bones were found.

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Police in Showa-cho, Yamanashi Prefecture, have arrested a 49-year-old Brazilian man on suspicion of killing a woman in her 20s in her apartment in a housing complex. According to police, Tokio ...

Many people are coming to see a soon-to-open giant Costco in Minami-Alps city in Japan's Yamanashi prefecture, as from nearby, the view makes it look like Mount Fuji is perched on the building.