According to Shizuoka prefectural police, five non-Japanese were caught operating illegal taxis ... Police this year have ...

As 2024 has seen record-breaking visitor numbers, the iconic mountain is struggling to balance tourism with preservation. In ...

In Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture, the Ito city will raise the bathing tax to 300 yen by October 2025 (up from 150 yen) due to a ...

Analysts hope the funds raised will be used by the local travel sector to provide better facilities and services for visitors ...

The head of the Shizuoka District Prosecutors Office is expected to meet the former boxer recently acquitted of a 1966 ...

The chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office apologized to a former death row inmate at his home here on Nov.

The soaring popularity of a stunning destination in this country has sparked concerns of overtourism, with the local ...

The head of a public prosecutors’ office in Shizuoka Prefecture on Wednesday (Nov 27) apologised directly to Iwao Hakamada, ...

A chief public prosecutor in central Japan on Wednesday apologized in person to an 88-year-old man who was acquitted in a ...

The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an Indonesian citizen in Japan was detained for attempted ...