Japan will introduce climbing fees on Mount Fuji’s four main trails this summer to address overcrowding and enhance safety for tourists.

With nearly 400,000 people behind bars, conditions in Thai prisons are getting so crowded that an inmate does not even have a metre of space to lie down. Hence, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) considered other options for convicts facing jail terms of less than five years at a seminar on Friday (September 6).