Rescue services reduced for reopening of popular hiking trail in Japan

The Oze National Park will be fully accessible for the hiking season from next week, but with rescue services limited by the coronavirus pandemic, the park's preservation body said Friday.Half of the 20 mountain huts servicing hikers along the popular eastern Japan marshland will be open from Wednesday.With poor cellphone reception in some areas, fewer rescue personnel and sections of precipitous and rocky pathways, the Oze Preservation Foundation has asked people to stay away if they feel such conditions make it unsafe for them.Helicopters have been dispatched numerous times to rescue inju…READ FULL ARTICLE