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A Japanese father was berated by cops when he ditched his fussy 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji \u2014 then kept climbing toward the iconic summit with his older son. <\/p>\n

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The 48-year-old dad, who is from Nagoya, was hiking the Fujinomiya Trail Thursday with his sons, ages 7 and about 12 or 13, when he left the younger boy near the trail\u2019s sixth checkpoint about 8,000 feet up Japan\u2019s tallest peak, according to Japan Today.<\/p>\n

The boy complained that he was tired during the climb, but his dad told him to \u201cwait here\u201d and continued toward the summit, which is the mountain\u2019s 10th checkpoint.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if it means having to give up on climbing the mountain together, leaving a child behind is unacceptable,\u201d police told the father, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

The boy\u2019s father admitted that he \u201cmade a rash decision, and I deeply regret it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The climb from the sixth checkpoint to the summit takes more than five hours, with another two and a half hours or so required to return to the same point, .<\/p>\n

Police believe the father left the boy around 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, potentially leaving him alone on the mountain for hours.<\/p>\n

However, the boy did not wait that long for his dad and brother to get back.<\/p>\n

Around 7:40 a.m., a mountain hut worker near the sixth checkpoint spotted the child sitting alone on a bench, brought him inside for shelter and contacted police, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

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The father had climbed near the eighth checkpoint, roughly three hours farther up the trail, when officers were able to get in touch with him.<\/p>\n

Police ordered him to turn around and retrieve his son.<\/p>\n

The child was unharmed and was safely reunited with his dad.<\/p>\n

Police have not indicated whether the father will face any charges.<\/p>\n

Officials also issued a broader warning to hikers, urging groups to stay together and set their pace according to the least physically capable member.<\/p>\n

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Mount Fuji rises more than 12,000 feet above sea level and is Japan\u2019s tallest mountain.<\/p>\n

It is an active but dormant volcano that last erupted in 1707, when the Hoei eruption sent volcanic ash as far as what is now Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The Fujinomiya Trail is one of the main routes used by climbers attempting to reach the summit.<\/p>\n

Last September, a 102-year-old Japanese man set a Guinness World Record as the oldest person to reach Mount Fuji\u2019s summit for a second time.<\/p>\n

In April 2025, a climber was rescued from the mountain twice in the same week after being airlifted off the peak \u2014 only to return later to retrieve his cellphone.<\/p>\n

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