Saiko is one of the Fuji Five Lakes: bodies of water formed by ancient volcanic activity on Mount Fuji’s northern side in Yamanashi prefecture. Past eruptions also helped form three lava caves—where ...

A Japanese salmon species thought to be extinct for 70 years is alive and well in a lake near Mount Fuji, a science professor said Wednesday. The black kokanee, or "kunimasu" in Japanese, was thought ...

TOKYO – A Japanese salmon species thought to be extinct for 70 years is alive and well in a lake near Mount Fuji, a science professor said Wednesday. The black kokanee, or "kunimasu" in Japanese, was ...

A Japanese salmon species thought to be extinct for 70 years is alive and well in a lake near Mount Fuji, a science professor said Wednesday. The black kokanee, or "kunimasu" in Japanese, was thought ...

A Japanese salmon thought to have been extinct for 70 years has been discovered in a lake near Mount Fuji. The kunimasu salmon, also called the black kokanee, is a subspecies of sockeye salmon that's ...

A view of Mount Fuji from the northern shore of Lake Yamanakako. Sailing dinghies on the lake give a sense of scale. (28mm focal length 1/400 second at f/11.) We’re taking you to Japan for this ...

The freshwater salmon known as black kokanee once thrived in the northerly Akita region of Japan but was classified as extinct by the government in 1940. However, a team of scientists led by professor ...