Man rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week: reports

Police told AFP the Chinese university student, who lives in Japan, was found Saturday by another off-season hiker on a trail more than 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) above sea level. "He was suspected of having altitude sickness and was taken to hospital," a police spokesman in Shizuoka region said on Monday. Later, officers discovered that the man was the same one who had been rescued on Mount Fuji four days previously, private broadcaster TBS and other media outlets reported. Police could not immediately confirm the reports...