The call came after a Chinese student, who was rescued twice from Mount Fuji, said he went back the second time to try to ...

Shizuoka Prefecture started pre-registration and pre-payment on ‘Shizuoka Prefecture FUJI NAVI’ app for Mt. Fuji climbers who ...

Kagoshima finally dethroning the nation's top tea-growing prefecture sent shock waves through local producers.

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by ...

Stations, vacant properties and an old bus have been turned into tourist accommodation, giving rural communities new life.

Rescue teams put themselves in grave danger, and the cost of flying a helicopter for a rescue can be up to between ¥600,000 ...

About 80% of respondents to a survey of Mount Fuji climbers approved of entry restrictions on the Yoshida Trail implemented ...

Marking 100 years since the Showa era (1926-1989) began in Japan, a mainstay hotel in this central Japan hot spring resort ...

Officials said the unnamed mountaineer was alone on the Fujinomiya trail on April 22. He had to be rescued again just four days later.

MILPITAS, Calif. , May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TeraWatt Technology Inc. is pleased to announce that its lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Shizuoka Prefecture (Japan), which began ...