India, Aug. 21 -- A Japanese father on Thursday abandoned his seven-year-old son at an elevation of approximately 2,490 meters on Mount Fuji after the child expressed fatigue, proceeding to ascend to the peak with a companion.

The boy was left alone on the Fujinomiya trail at around 7:30 am and subsequently reported to the authorities.

The 48-year-old father was trekking with his two sons, which included a first-grader from Nagoya and his elder son, who is a first-year middle school student.

Approximately at the sixth station, situated at an elevation of about 2,490 meters, the younger boy allegedly expressed that he was fatigued. Rather than returning back or pausing the hike, the father instructed him to wait and proceeded towards th...