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Will Symons

Japanese hiker, 102, becomes the oldest person to summit Mount Fuji, less than a year after suffering heart failure

Mount Fuji.

An elderly Japanese hiker has become the oldest known person to scale Mount Fuji, at the age of 102.

Kokichi Akuzawa climbed the 12,388ft (3,776m) mountain over three days with the help of several climbing partners, including his 70-year-old daughter and members of the Gunma Mountaineering Club, where Akuzawa is the honorary chairman.

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