Nagoya father reprimanded after leaving 7-year-old alone on Mount Fuji during ascent

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Nagoya father reprimanded after leaving 7-year-old alone on Mount Fuji during ascent
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A 48-year-old Nagoya father left his 7-year-old son alone at the sixth station on Mount Fuji while continuing the climb with his older son. A mountain hut worker found the younger boy around 7:40 a.m. in foggy, rainy conditions; police ordered the father to return. The child was unharmed and reunited with his father, and authorities said leaving a child behind is unacceptable even if it means delaying the climb, with no charges announced as of the report.

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