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

<p>Boy, seven, had complained of feeling tired so father left him with snacks and a soft drink and continued his climb</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/man-leaves-young-son-mount-fuji-japan">Continue reading...</a>