Filipinos may be familiar with Hakone as a sardines brand, but this town in Japan is a lesser-known tourist destination close ...

Yamanashi and Shizuoka. Some train lines, including Central Japan Railway's Shinkansen high-speed rail services, stopped operations in regions near Tokyo and Kanagawa. There were no reports of ...

SHIZUOKA--The president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai ... he said in August that part of the Chuo Shinkansen Line connecting Kanagawa Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture could open ...

This time we visit Shizuoka Prefecture, blessed by subsoil water flows from Japan's highest peak, Mt. Fuji. Edo-period shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu brought the best artisans across Japan to this region ...

MAEBASHI -- Tokyo topped the rankings of Japan's 47 prefectures in terms of the amount of spending money adults have, followed by Kanagawa and ... Hyogo and Shizuoka were the top three prefectures ...

Shizuoka -- Local railway operator Izukyu Co. unveiled a 39-character promotional sub-name for Izu-Hokkawa Station here on Feb. 5, which the firm claims may be the longest in Japan. The station's ...

Central Japan Railway had planned to partially ... The line will pass through seven prefectures -- Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Nagano, Gifu and Aichi. The budget for the entire project ...

All Black backrower Shannon Frizell scored his third try of the season as Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo warmed up for next ...