Friday 20 March 2015

Mount Fuji climbers should wear helmets: Japan officials

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Mount Fuji climbers should wear helmets: Japan officials
Tokyo (AFP) March 18, 2015 - Climbers tackling Japan's highest peak Mount Fuji will be urged to wear a helmet and goggles, authorities said Wednesday, after more than 60 people died when a nearby volcano erupted without warning last year. The 3,776-metre (12,389-foot) Fuji last erupted in 1707 but geologists have included it as one of 47 volcanoes in Japan believed to be at risk of eruption in the coming century. De ... more


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