A seven-year-old boy from Nagoya, Japan, was left alone on Mount Fuji during a family climb. He was climbing with his 48-year-old father and older brother on the Fujinomiya Trail when he became tired and told his father he did not want to continue. The father made the boy wait by himself while he and his older son continued the climb.

The father left the boy alone because he wanted to reach the mountain’s summit. Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest mountain, and weather conditions can quickly become dangerous, especially for children.

A worker at a mountain hut found the boy sitting alone on a bench around 7:40am. The worker gave him shelter and called the police, who found the father and told him to return. The boy was safe, but police criticised the father for risking his child’s safety.