Shizuoka Prefecture, one of the two gateways to Mount Fuji, is planning to introduce a new fee structure ranging between ...

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A chief public prosecutor in central Japan apologizes in person to an 88-year-old man who was acquitted in a retrial over a ...

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Come summer of 2025, Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture may charge a Mount Fuji climbers fee entrance of up to HKD 251.

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 ...

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Currently each climber is asked to pay a voluntary fee of 1,000 yen to support conservation efforts. Read more at ...

The fee will be merged with a separate voluntary charge for conservation cooperation. Read more at straitstimes.com.