The automobile industry in Japan is bracing for a big change as consumers turn towards electric vehicles, which require fewer and different parts. So, many parts manufacturers in the Shizuoka ...

Police visited the man’s home in Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, about an hour after the report was made. Law enforcement personnel ...

Yamanashi Prefecture, one of the two prefectures in which Mount Fuji stands, introduced a mandatory hiking fee for those ...

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

Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan plans to require people who climb Mt. Fuji to pay a toll starting next season as a way to address risky behavior by some trekkers. Shizuoka follows a step ...

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

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

Several Japanese cities are increasing the “bathing tax” for overnight visitors to onsen (hot spring) resorts, in an attempt ...

Graham Sayer is a New Zealander who came to Japan in 1977 to study budo, or martial arts, in Kyoto. He’s been doing kendo ...

Night - Partly cloudy with a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Cloudy with a high of 56 °F (13.3 °C). Winds ...