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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Yamanashi Prefecture, which shares Mount Fuji with Shizuoka, introduced a daily limit of 4,000 climbers and a fee of JPY ...

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

Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan plans to require people who climb Mt. Fuji to pay a toll starting next season as a way ...