Officials said the unnamed mountaineer was alone on the Fujinomiya trail on April 22. He had to be rescued again just four days later.

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week.

A student was rescued while climbing Mount Fuji and attempted to return days later to retrieve his phone – and had to be ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned ... adding that his climbing irons also were damaged. On Saturday, he returned to the ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued ... Shizuoka prefectural police said. His climbing irons were also damaged.

A student was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji after developing altitude sickness ... adding that his climbing irons were also damaged. But four days later he returned to the trail ...

The man made the double ascent of Japan’s most famous mountain outside of the official climbing season, which runs from July 10 to September 10. According to the official Mount Fuji website ...

Mount Fuji, an active volcano and Japan's highest peak, is covered in snow for most of the year. Its hiking trails are open from early July to early September, a period when crowds trudge up the ...