Japan dad ditches 7-year-old for hours to climb Mt Fuji

TOKYO: A man left his seven-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 (Aug 20) and taken into police custody, a local police officer in the Shizuoka

A man left his seven-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.

A man left his seven-year-old son behind for hours on Japan’s Mt. 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 Shizuoka Prefecture said Saturday.