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An 102-year-old grandad who has become the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji has said he is finally ‘satisfied’.

Kokichi Akuzawa broke the Guinness World Record he set himself by trekking up to the 12,388 feet summit (3,776metre) on August 5.

It’s been six years since he first broke the record as the oldest person to scale Japan’s famous mountain, then age 96.

In the meantime, he’s overcome heart problems, shingles and injuries from a fall while climbing which required stitches.

Akuzawa said: ‘I’ve climbed most of the mountains in Japan, and had a few goals with Mount Fuji. Now that I have achieved them, I am satisfied.

‘I was really tempted to give up halfway throu

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