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Members of the calligraphy club at a local high school performed a live calligraphy demonstration on giant "tanzaku" paper ...

Locals living near the ‘Mount Fuji dream bridge’ complain about illegal parking and excessive noise from tourists.

In tea-growing Shizuoka Prefecture, the Fuji city government announced it has joined the Onigiri Society, a private-sector ...

Japan’s national weather agency issued an urgent alert Sunday as intense rainstorms, accompanied by thunder, swept across ...

Direct bus services connecting Mishima Station in the city of Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the fifth station of Mount ...

The man is believed to have been inspired by a gunman who killed a reporter and injured another at an Asahi newspaper office ...

Kagoshima finally dethroning the nation's top tea-growing prefecture sent shock waves through local producers. Until now, Shizuoka Prefecture had placed first since record-keeping began in 1959 ...

Weather officials are warning of heavy rain with thunder in eastern Japan and some other areas on Sunday. The Japan ...

Investigative sources say the driver of a vehicle that fell onto the Tomei Expressway in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, ...

In response, Shizuoka prefecture — the starting point for three of the four Mount Fuji trails — has added a further measure. Prospective hikers will have to take a brief class about hiking ...