The Shizuoka District Court last September acquitted Iwao Hakamata, ruling that investigation authorities had fabricated ...

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

The government of this central Japan city will introduce a system that automatically translates and displays conversations on ...

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 ...

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

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

With Mount Fuji straddling Yamanashi and the neighbouring prefecture of Shizuoka, the Shizuoka Prefectural Government is also ...

Nissan is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Nismo at the 25th Nismo Festival happening this Sunday, December 1 at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. This year’s festival celebrates Nissan’s ...

Police in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 63-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a 14-year-old boy by grabbing and pulling his hair. According to police, the incident occurred ...

An increasing number of municipalities have raised the “bathing tax” rate on overnight visitors at “onsen” hot spring resorts ...

Though kitschy and chaotic, a museum in the theme park at an onsen resort here offers a one-of-a-kind experience that can’t ...