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 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.

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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