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 ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said Monday.

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. Police told AFP ...

A student was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji after developing altitude sickness. The 27-year-old returned four days after his first rescue to try and find his phone and other belongings ...

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 ...