The railway, founded in 1919, was initially focused on transporting tea and developing a railroad that would connect central Shizuoka City with Shimizu Port.

A “lawless” zone here overrun by foreign visitors and plagued by bad behavior has been tamed thanks to a multi-government ...

Shizuoka's governor was blocking the construction of Japan's maglev bullet train. Now that he has resigned, the project can finally move at full speed.

SHIZUOKA – It was more than 58 years in the making. Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamata has been found not guilty over a 1966 quadruple murder case, a Shizuoka court ruled on Thursday — a ...

SHIZUOKA -- A tea merchant in this central Japan city has launched an original green tea blend inspired by the illustrations on packaging of plastic m ...