Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday said it will become the first major automaker to offer racing karts, in the hopes of nurturing a ...

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

The call came after a Chinese student, who was rescued twice from Mount Fuji, said he went back the second time to try to retrieve his phone Officials in Japan are calling for new rules to charge ...

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

Despite being designed to attract tourists, the Mt Fuji Dream Bridge is facing backlash from locals overwhelmed by the surge ...

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 ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, which has a trail to Mount Fuji, has enacted an ordinance amid risky behavior by some climbers. The new ordinance requires each hiker to pay an ...

The outlets cited police in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture. Local officials said online that the unnamed mountaineer was alone on the Fujinomiya trail and called for help on April 22, prompting a ...

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 ...