Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week.

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone. The Chinese student, who lives in Japan,

A man has been rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week, after returning to the Japanese peak to try and retrieve his phone. The man in his twenties, who has not been named, was airlifted off Japan's highest peak last week, but had to be rescued again just four days later.