More than 490,000 applicants for universities in Japan have begun the two-day standardized entrance examinations.

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—The construction of a gate at the fifth station ... stop crowds and unsafe climbing of Japan's highest peak. This entrance, which is on the Yoshida ...

Torii gates are often found at the entrance to Shinto shrines that symbolize the transition from the everyday world to the sacred. The incident comes as a surge of tourists have visited Japan in ...