Plans formalized for Mt. Fuji admission fee

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2013 shows Mt. Fuji, seen from Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. Local prefectures officially adopted on Jan. 22, 2014, plans to set a voluntary 1,000 yen admission fee for climbers of the 3,776-meter volcanic mountain, starting in the summer of 2014.

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