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Body Found After Live-Streamer Falls Climbing Japan's Mount Fuji

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CNN
 
Tokyo (CNN)Authorities in Japan searching for a man who appeared to fall in the middle of a live-streamed ascent of Mount Fuji have found a body, they said Wednesday.
The video -- taken from the hiker's point of view -- shows what appears to be a scene near the top of Japan's iconic mountai...

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Mt. Fuji Climber Streaming Live Seen Falling

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NHK
 
Rescuers are searching for a man who's believed to have fallen while livestreaming his climb up Mount Fuji.
Police in Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, which Mount Fuji straddles, received numerous reports from viewers that the man fell down the slope around 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
The polic...

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Volcano Eruption Shakes Eastern Japan

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AA
 
 
 
Japan weather agency warns against flying debris, pyroclastic flows near crater following eruption of Mt. AsamaMt. Asama in eastern Japan erupted on Sunday, according to a local media.
The eruption occurred at 7:28 p.m. local time (1028GMT), with smoke reaching about 600 meters (1969 fee...

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Volcano Erupts In Southern Japan

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
TOKYO: A volcano erupted on a remote island in southern Japan on Thursday (Jan 17), the meteorological agency said, but the warning level was kept below the scale requiring evacuation. 
Public broadcaster NHK said there were no reports of injuries or damage yet from the erupti...

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Tokyo Midtown to Create Mini Mt Fuji With Projection Mapping

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Tokyo Midtown will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a special installation, Fuji-san: Japan, the Beautiful Garden.
Themed around Mt Fuji (Fuji-san in Japanese), it will feature a replica of Japan’s most famous mountain measuring 5 meters in height and around 15 meters in width. ...

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Minimalist Family ‘Camping’ In The Foothills of Mount Fuji

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The birds are singing, the wind is rustling in the forest and sunlight is filtering through the treetops. So far, so idyllic — until my 3-year-old releases a primal bird-scattering shriek as she thrusts an axe into a piece of wood.
This may sound like a scene from a horror movie. Th...

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Aso Eruption Forces Dozens of Tourists To Evacuate

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JAPAN TIMES
 Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted at 9:43 a.m. Monday, sending ash 2,000 meters into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of tourists, the Meteorological Agency said.
Police and other authorities said about 30 tourists who were near the crater at the time of the erupti...

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