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 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.

A 27-year-old male student from China was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji within a span of four days after he reportedly returned to the mountain to retrieve his cell phone.

A man had to be rescued from Mount Fuji not once but twice and the second time was all over a lost phone. Officials only identified the man as a 27-year-old Chinese student who lived in Japan, The ...

Mount Fuji is 12,388 feet high and was designated a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 2013. The man was rescued from the mountain’s Fujinomiya trail, which is nearly 10,000 feet above sea ...

Mount Fuji can be perilous without the right preparation (Picture: AP) He had returned to retrieve his mobile phone, and it was not known if he was able to find it, the reports said.

TOKYO — Mount Fuji has finally gotten its iconic snowcap, meteorologists in Japan said Thursday, more than a month later than it did last year and the latest of any year in 130 years of record ...

Mount Fuji is about two hours from central Tokyo by train and can be seen for miles around. The majestic mountain is a symbol of Japan that has been immortalised in countless artworks, including ...