Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka ...

The call came after a Chinese student, who was rescued twice from Mount Fuji, said he went back the second time to try to ...

Glide over the stunning landscapes of Shizuoka Prefecture and Suruga Bay, Japan, in this breathtaking drone footage. Watch as Mount Fuji looms majestically in the background, towering over the ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned ... phone and other belongings left behind, Shizuoka prefectural police said.

TOKYO — A climber was rescued twice in one week from Japan’s Mount Fuji after he went back to ... Police in Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture were alerted that he had returned Saturday when ...

Fuji Climbing, a website dedicated to the summit. Officials from Shizuoka Prefecture did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s requests for comment on April 29. “He was suspected of ...

A Chinese national had to be rescued twice from the slopes of Mount Fuji in the space of a week ... on the mountain's Shizuoka Prefecture side. However, he became the subject of a second search ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by some climbers. The new ordinance requires each hiker to pay an ...

The location known as “Mount Fuji dream bridge” in Fuji, Shizuoka prefecture, was envisioned as a tourist draw that would be a boon to the area. Instead, it has brought complaints from ...

A man has been rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week ... sickness and was taken to hospital," a police spokesman in Shizuoka region said on Monday, local time. Photo shows A crowd of mountain ...