American, Japanese climbers found dead on Mount Fuji
An American and his Japanese colleague were found dead on Japan's Mount Fuji of probable hypothermia because of cold and wet weather on their way down from the peak, police said Friday.
The deaths on Japan's most famous mountain came a week after 10 senior citizen climbers died of exposure in northern mountains.
Police and rescuers found the body of Jerry Yu, a 30-year-old U.S. citizen who worked for a Japanese communications company in Tokyo, off the trail just below the mountain's peak Thursday, said Yamanashi prefectural (state) police official Takahiro Omata.
Yu's hometown was not immediately available.
His colleague, Takeshi Nakamura, 27, was found dead Friday lower down the 12,388-foot (3,776-meter) mountain.
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