(1)Weather station atop Mt. Fuji automated

(1)Weather station atop Mt. Fuji automated

MT. FUJI, Japan - The last batch of Japan Meteorological Agency staff members leaves the weather station atop Mr. Fuji on Oct. 1, after the facility that had been regularly staffed since 1932 was fully automated. The automation of the facility on the 3,776-meter peak will eliminate the risk and hardship the people stationed there faced.

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