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As part of the brand’s efforts to reach out to more people, the G-Shock special website “Women Of Our Time” has been ...

in Nagoya's Naka Ward on April 6, 2025. (Mainichi/Kazuhasa Adachi) NAGOYA -- Expressway tollgates in Japan were restored to service on the afternoon of April 7, after around 38 hours of technical ...

(Mainichi/Hiroshi Ishikawa) MISHIMA, Shizuoka -- Two breweries in central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture have joined forces to brew and begin selling a duo of hard-hitting beers with definition ...

TOKYO – A “pocket park” in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka has been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world’s smallest, measuring only 0.24 sq m with space for just ...

Farmers have begun harvesting the first green tea leaves of the year in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka. Harvesting of the Kondo-wase variety began on Wednesday in Shizuoka City's ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan -- The town office of Higashiizu, along a peninsula southwest of Tokyo well known for its hot springs, has come up with a novel approach to attracting tourists, unstaffed souvenir ...

Enjoy delicious, world-class seafood and winding trails through stunning nature in an under-the-radar Japanese city with ...

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.

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Police said Tuesday they have arrested actor Ryoko Hirosue on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in central Japan. Hirosue, 44, allegedly kicked a nurse and ...