Crowd control at Japan's Mount Fuji as hiking season begins

An entry fee of 2,000 yen ($13) plus an optional donation is being charged for those taking on the Yoshida Trail, and numbers are capped at 4,000 per day. Online reservations have also been introduced this year by authorities concerned about safety and environmental damage on Japan's highest mountain. "I really like the idea because if you respect the mountain, you have to limit the people," hiker Chetna Joshi told AFP at the trail's Fifth Station -- a busy starting …