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 ...

A Chinese national had to be rescued for the second time in four days after experiencing sickness Getty A student from China was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji in just four days after he ...

A student in Japan had to be rescued twice within four days from Mount Fuji because he went back to the mountain to look for his phone, according to local authorities and media reports.

Officials in Japan are calling for new rules to charge climbers who require rescue from Mount Fuji outside the official climbing season, as concerns rise over high emergency service costs and the ...

A university student from China had to be rescued twice in four days while climbing Mount Fuji during the off-season - after he returned to the mountain peak to retrieve his mobile phone.

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone. The Chinese student ...

Being located at the foot of Mount Fuji is a source of pride for the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Fujinomiya and its residents. That proximity to Japan’s tallest and most famous mountain, though, has ...

tokyo (AFP) – A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports.

Last year, Japanese officials urged Mount Fuji climbers to be more careful after five people died on the mountain in the same week. According to The New York Times, three people died within 24 ...

A man in his 20s who was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji had to be rescued from its steep slopes again just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports.