If you look down in the forests from Mount Fuji, you see something much less elegant: trash. Mount Fuji, the pride of the nation and symbol of the Japanese soul, is a huge garbage dump.

By Carl Freire Associated Press FUJIKAWAGUCHI, Japan - If you look up from the forests at the foot of Japan's Mount Fuji, the volcano's graceful slopes rise into the distance and peak in a nearly symmetrical snowcapped cone.

Nobody knows how much trash is buried on Mount Fuji, but Wakamura's Fujisan Club says it collected 187,000 pounds of illegally dumped garbage from its slopes in the 12 months through March.

By Sung, Vicky After 34 previous shows dating back to 1972, the Textile Machinery Society of Japan moved its Research Symposium from Mount Fuji, Japan, to Hangzhou, China. This recognizes the shift in production of textiles and apparel between the countries, reports Vicky Sung.

Japan plans to list Mt. Fuji, other 4 sites for World Heritage candidates TOKYO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Japan plans to list Mt. Fuji and four other sites as the country's candidates for U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage sites, Kyodo News said Monday.