Tourism surge creates 'new challenge' as visitors transform Mt. Fuji into 'trash mountain'

Japan broke a record for tourism in 2024, with people from all over the world visiting the island nation. But the country has even bigger tourist goals for the years ahead. 

Hokuto Asano, first secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., told Fox News Digital in an interview that with the influx of tourists, the country is working to meet demand. (See the video at the top of this article.) 

"Overtourism is a new challenge for the Japanese community," said Asano. "So we need...