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Free Mt. Fuji helicopter rescues for offseason hikers are ending in Yamanashi
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2026 - Tweet
Governor asks offseason hikers to “stop waving around their freedom to climb the mountain as if it’s the only thing that matters.”
- Japan
- (hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji climbing season • nature • outdoors • rescue • society)
German woman rescued from Mt. Fuji after suffering altitude sickness symptoms, hiking to peak anyway
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2026
Visited same medical center on way up and down the mountain.
7-year-old boy left behind on Mt. Fuji by his own dad
- Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2026
Police not pleased with plan of leaving elementary schooler unattended for hours on Japan’s tallest mountain.
- Japan
- (climbing Mt. Fuji • crazy • hiking • kids • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • parents • rescue)
Hiker needs to be rescued from Mt. Fuji two times in two days, but system is working as intended
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2026
There have been a lot of dumb hikers needing to be rescued from Japan’s tallest mountain recently, but this time the circumstances are a little different.
“They’ve got be kidding me.” – Mayor in Japan fed up with off-season Mt. Fuji hikers needing rescue
- Casey Baseel
May 13, 2026
Fujinomiya mayor wants people hiking unopened trails to think about someone other than just themselves.
- Japan
- (climbing Mt. Fuji • Fujinomiya • hiking • Mountains • Mt Fuji hiking • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji trails • nature • outdoors • rescue)
Foreign tourist needs ambulance to pick him up at Mt. Fuji after hiking closed trail
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2026
Lack of patience, lack of ability to get home without an ambulance.
- Japan
- (Fujinomiya Trail • hiking • Mountains • Mt Fuji hiking • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji trails • nature • outdoors • rescue)
Foreigners accounting for over 80 percent of off-course skiers needing rescue in Japan’s Hokkaido
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2026
Japan is pissed off about the off-piste skiing.
- Japan
- (COK • foreign tourists • Hokkaido • outdoors • overtourism • rescue • skiing • snowboarding • society • sports • video)
Mountain climber in Nagano reaches summit and throws back out tying shoelaces
- Master Blaster
Sep 16, 2025
Another case for Back to the Future auto shoes.
- Japan
- (COK • hiking • Mount Tsubakuro • mountain climbing • Mountains • Nagano • outdoors • rescue • shoelaces)
Two Americans decide to hike Mt. Fuji before trails open, both need rescues on back-to-back days
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2025
In separate instances, man in sandals and woman who’d never been to Mt. Fuji before both require emergency assistance to get off Japan’s tallest mountain.
- Japan
- (COK • hiking • Mountains • Mt Fuji hiking • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji trails • outdoors • rescue)
British couple in shorts, T-shirt call for rescue from Japanese mountain, say it’s too cold for them to move
- Casey Baseel
May 16, 2025
Once again, foreign nationals need help after taking the risks of mountain hiking too lightly.
Angry Japanese mayor wants off-season Mt. Fuji hikers to pay costs of their rescue operations
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2025
“They are taking Mt. Fuji too lightly.”
- Japan
- (COK • Fujinomiya • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • rescue • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • society)
Woman attempting suicide in Tokyo has life saved by 20 sumo wrestlers
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2020
Large group of gigantic men makes big difference in crisis.
Flood victims send SOS tweets on Twitter in wake of Typhoon Hagibis
- Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2019
Residents trapped by rising floodwaters use special disaster hashtags to get the attention of the Self-Defence Forces.
- Japan
- (disaster prevention • floods • news • rain • rescue • trains • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis • weather)
U.S. Marine hit by car rescuing Japanese driver from traffic accident in Okinawa, fractures skull
- Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2017
Local media makes no mention of father-of-three’s sacrifice, triggers angry, embarrassed reactions from Japanese nationals.
- Japan, USA
- (accident • hero • heroism • Marines • military • moving • Okinawa • rescue • touching • U.S. military in Japan)
U.S. servicemen’s hike on Mount Fuji turns into rescue mission, netizens are awed and grateful
- Meg Murphy
Jul 12, 2017
The Marine Corps members carried an ill woman for two miles to safety. Read More
- Japan
- (hiking • mountain climbing • Mt. Fuji • rescue)
Quick action by station attendant stops attempted suicide just in the nick of time【Video】
- Meg Murphy
May 20, 2017
One man’s fast reaction saves a helpless university student from taking her life.
- China
- (heroic stories • rescue • suicide • train stories)
Boy abandoned in mountains of Hokkaido is found alive and safe by Japan Self-Defense Forces
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2016
Actually, he sort of found them.
Lack of response from police dogs latest troubling development in search for missing Japanese boy
- Casey Baseel
Jun 2, 2016
With still no sign of the seven-year-old, some are doubting the accuracy of his parents’ account of where he was last seen.
Japan Self-Defense Forces join search for boy abandoned by parents in Hokkaido
- Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2016
With no sign yet of the seven-year-old, new details have emerged about the chain of events that led to the ongoing crisis.
Parents abandon seven-year-old son in mountains of Japan “because he wouldn’t listen”
- Casey Baseel
May 30, 2016
Search for child lost in Hokkaido still ongoing.
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