Officials said the unnamed mountaineer was alone on the Fujinomiya trail on April 22. He had to be rescued again just four days later.

Police say that climber who was airlifted with altitude sickness near the peak of Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time.

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.