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

He had returned to its slopes just days after his first rescue, in search of his phone. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he ...

A young student was rescued twice within a few days on Japan’s highest mountain — because he desperately wanted to retrieve ...

The man was airlifted the first time while on the Fujinomiya trail, about 3,000m above sea level, on the mountain's Shizuoka ...

A Chinese national had to be rescued twice in one week from Mount Fuji after he returned to the mountain peak to collect his ...

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan’s Mt Fuji – then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he ...

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan’s Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he ...

A 27-year-old university student from China was rescued twice in four days while climbing Mount Fuji outside its official ...

A university student had to be rescued twice in four days from Mount Fuji in the off-season — after returning to search for his mobile phone. The 27-year-old climber was initially rescued by ...

Many in Japan are demanding that the 27-year-old Chinese man, who lives in the country, pay for the costs of rescuing him ...