A Japanese father left his seven-year-old son behind for hours on Mount Fuji while continuing the climb, prompting a stern warning from police in Shizuoka region. The boy was found alone on a hiking route on Thursday and taken into police custody. The child had been told to wait at the sixth station, where he was tired, while his father and older brother went on ahead.
Japan's highest mountain, Mount Fuji, 3,776 meters (12,388 feet), seen from a commercial flight in Japan, July 29. Reuters-Yonhap
TOKYO — A man left his 7-year-old son behind for hours on Japan's Mount Fuji while continuing the climb, resulting in a stern warning from authorities, police and local media reported.
The boy was found alone on a hiking route on Thursday and taken into police custody, a local police officer in the Shizuoka region told AFP on Saturday.
The child told his father he was tired at the sixth station of the mountain, which is located at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters (6,500 feet), local SBS TV reported.
