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.

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 ...

TOKYO — A climber was rescued twice in one week from Japan’s Mount Fuji after he went back to search for his lost phone, police said Monday. On Sunday, rescuers carried the climber on a ...

A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued again just four days later after returning to the slope to retrieve his cell phone ...

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.

Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a world-famous landmark and an icon of Japan. But it has also become a “trash mountain” overcrowded by millions of tourists. To try and bring more ...