Japanese dad ditches 7-year-old for hours to climb Mount Fuji
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…
A Japanese father left his 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji for several hours while he continued climbing the mountain, leading to a stern rebuke from authorities, according to police and local media. The child was discovered unaccompanied on a hiking path on Thursday and was taken into police custody, a Shizuoka region police officer informed AFP on Saturday.
The boy informed his father that he was exhausted at the mountain's sixth station, situated over 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) above sea level, as reported by local SBS TV. Since his elder brother had preceded him, the father instructed the 7-year-old to "wait here" and proceeded hiking with his other son, according to SBS. TV Asahi reported that the boy was left there for eight hours with merely snacks, a soft drink, and no money, as stated by mountain hut staff who alerted the police to his whereabouts.
Officers reached the father at the eighth station and returned the boy to him. The police officer told AFP that the man received a rebuke for abandoning his son. The father reportedly apologized to the police, admitting the incident.
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