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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

At 500 kilometres an hour, the Maglev could revolutionise rail travel. But it’s also causing plenty of controversy.