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

Hidetada Sudo, the mayor of the city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture, expressed anger over people’s defiance of rules ...

Summiting Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji is an incredible feat. Now, hikers are facing more restrictions and fees to help maintain ...

The climber, who was not publicly identified, was first airlifted with altitude sickness near the peak of Mount Fuji.

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

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four ...

TOKYO (AP) — A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope ... look for his cell phone and other belongings left behind, Shizuoka ...

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 ...

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

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued ... symptoms of altitude sickness, Shizuoka prefectural police said.