Earlier in August 2024, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first advisory of a megaquake along the Nankai Trough, which is a 900-km undersea fault that runs from Kyushu to Shizuoka.

Natsuko Sodeyama, a Shizuoka prefecture official, said: “There is no other mountain in Japan that attracts that many people in the span of just over two months. So some restrictions are ...

A minitruck struck four children riding bicycles on a street in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture ... Accidents caused by older drivers have been a concern in Japan. The government in recent years has ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a lot of new information about the system yesterday, and one of the tidbits you may have noticed is that Japan is getting a Japanese-language only version of ...

The main election issue was the plan of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) to build a section of the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line through Shizuoka Prefecture. The previous ...

a Shizuoka prefecture official, said. "There is no other mountain in Japan that attracts that many people in the span of just over two months. So some restrictions are necessary to ensure their ...

MUMBAI: An 18-year-old college student died while his friend was injured after the scooter they were riding on was hit by a truck from behind at the Saki Naka junction in Andheri (East ...

Guests at Shizuoka’s popular Izu Panorama Park can now enjoy a new experience, following the recent opening of its Sky Garden ...

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system was unleashing heavy snow and strong winds across much of Japan, stretching from northern to western regions, with central Tokyo expected to see up to 1 ...

Pidilite Industries, makers of the Fevicol brand, has acquired the naming rights for Marol Naka Metro Station, a key interchange point in Mumbai’s expanding Metro network. Fevicol’s new ...

In 1913, Tohoku became the first university in Japan to admit female students. Tohoku University was also the first in Japan to admit international students. In 2009, Tohoku was one of 13 universities ...

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...