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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 27-year-old student from China was rescued from Japan’s tallest mountain, Mount Fuji, twice within four ... and other belongings left behind, Shizuoka prefectural police said.

Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport handled 632,610 passengers in FY2024/25, a 23% year-on-year increase (Nikkei, 28-Apr-2025). The airport handled 427,509 domestic passengers, up 5%, and 205,101 ...

Mount Fuji is seen from the Shizuoka Prefecture side in this file photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter. (Mainichi) FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi -- About 80% of respondents to a survey of Mount ...

PEOPLE contacted the Shizuoka prefectural government for additional information on Monday, April 28. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, Mount Fuji is the country’s tallest ...

Mount Fuji, an active volcano and Japan's highest peak, is covered in snow for most of the year. A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes ...

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.

"He was suspected of having altitude sickness and was taken to hospital," a police spokesman in Shizuoka region said on Monday. Later, officers discovered that the man was the same one who had been ...

according to Mt. 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. “ ...

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 prefectural ...