Man leaves young son on Mount Fuji before ascending Japan’s highest peak

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A man who abandoned his seven-year-old son on Mount Fuji in Japan after the boy complained of feeling tired while on a family hike has been reprimanded by local police. A worker on Japan’s highest mountain discovered the child sitting alone on a bench near the sixth station of the Fujinomiya trail at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) on Thursday. Sign in now (it takes 30 seconds) to carry on reading Not signed in before? Create a free account After inviting the boy to take shelt