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

A student airlifted from near the peak of Mount Fuji returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said.

A Chinese national had to be rescued twice in one week from Mount Fuji after he returned to the mountain peak to collect his phone. The 27-year-old student living in Japan was rescued for the ...

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 climber was rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week after he was airlifted off the sacred Japanese peak once — and then returned to retrieve his cellphone, according to reports.

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan’s Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports. Police told AFP ...

The Chinese university student, 27, was rescued twice in four days while climbing Mount Fuji during the off-season - after he returned to the mountain peak to retrieve his misplaced mobile phone.

A man has been rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week, after returning to the Japanese peak to try and retrieve his phone. The man in his twenties, who has not been named, was airlifted off ...

A man in his 20s was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji then rescued again from its steep slopes just days later because he returned to find his phone, according to media reports.

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.