Iwao Hakamada, who was acquitted in a retrial over a 1966 murder case in Shizuoka Prefecture, plans to file a damages suit ...

Japan's weather agency said Friday that a malfunction in the ocean-floor observation system off the Pacific coast, installed ...

Mount Fuji opened to climbers using trails originating in Shizuoka Prefecture but fewer people turned out following the ...

The recurrence of such incidents on the peak has renewed calls in Japan for stiffer penalties and for errant hikers to pay for their rescue Two Americans have had to be rescued from Japan's Mount Fuji ...

Why is a mayor in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture being pressed to resign by her city council?A) For embezzling city funds during her tenure.B) For making false claims about her university graduation.C) ...

Aojiro miso is a miso, or fermented soybean paste, that’s unique to Shizuoka, dating back 300 years to the Sengoku period. When members of the nobility moved from the capital of Kyoto to Suruga ...

In a shocking incident early Sunday morning, two women working at a girls' bar in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, were fatally stabbed. Local me ...

Shizuoka – The Shizuoka Prefectural Government on Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling for collecting ¥4,000 per person from those climbing Mount Fuji from the prefecture ...

John Rutherford Alcock (1809–1897), a British diplomat and writer, served as the first British minister in Japan during the ...

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A minitruck struck four children riding bicycles on a street in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Monday, killing an eight-year-old girl and injuring the others, one seriously. The 78-year-old driver ...