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

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 ...

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.

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

Japanese cities to raise ‘onsen tax’ as visitors flock to traditional hot baths - Higher taxes aim to fund conservation ...

According to sources, Shizuoka Prefecture is considering three proposals for an entrance fee on the Shizuoka side of ...

SHIZUOKA, (Japan): Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture plans to charge a toll of between 3,000 yen (US$19.35) and 5,000 yen (US$32.25 ...

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

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