閉山中の富士山で中国人が遭難、猛吹雪で捜索難航／A Chinese national attempted to climb Mount Fuji despite the mountain being officially closed; search efforts are currently hampered by a severe blizzard.

 https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/ybs/category/society/ys048eb5740bbf47079bf5b026392f24e3

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　11月8日に閉山期間中の富士山で、装備もない状態で単独登山していた中国籍の男性が行方不明になりました。

　翌9日午前0時過ぎになって、男性の友人が110番通報して発覚しました。

　冬山で遭難したと見て、警察と消防の救助隊や県防災ヘリが地上と上空から捜索しています。

　同日の富士山周辺は猛吹雪のため捜索が困難無状況で、捜索は難航しています。

On November 8, a Chinese national went missing while attempting to climb Mount Fuji alone without proper equipment.

At the time, Mount Fuji was officially closed to climbers.

The incident came to light in the early hours of November 9, when a friend of the man contacted the police.

Police and fire department rescue teams, along with a prefectural disaster-prevention helicopter, are conducting a search—both on the ground and from the air—for the missing individual.

However, the search operation is proving difficult due to a severe blizzard in the area around Mount Fuji.

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　私の個人的な思いであるが、柵を越えてまでして入山した違反者には、日本人・外国人を問わずそれなりの罰則を儲けるべきです。

　例えば、罰金を課すとか、救助費用の全額を請求するとか色々とやり方は有ると思います。

　外国人（特に中国人）は、罰金を払わずに国外逃亡する可能性も有るので、罰金を払わない限りは国内から出られないし、場合によっては警察に留め置くなどの法律を作る必要があると思います。

　こんなニュースを聞く毎に、外国人による勝手な振る舞いに怒りが止まりません。

　

In my personal view, appropriate penalties should be established for anyone—whether Japanese or foreign—who enters a restricted mountain area by crossing over barriers.

There are various ways to implement this, such as imposing fines or requiring the individual to cover the full cost of any rescue operations.

Since there is a risk that foreign nationals (particularly those from China) might leave the country without paying such fines, I believe we need legislation that would prevent them from departing until the fines are settled—or, in certain cases, allow for them to be detained by the police.

Every time I hear news like this, I cannot help but feel intense anger at such selfish behavior by foreign nationals.