Ahead of the full-scale start of the new tea season, the first tea picking was held at the Matsukawa Chaen tea field in the city of Shizuoka on April ･･･ ...

Expressway tollgates in Japan were restored to service on the afternoon of April 7, after around 38 hours of technical issues ...

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 – Cherry blossoms have opened in Shizuoka ... viewed from the boat are also a special sight,” the boat’s operating company said. Bank of Japan Gov. Ueda Says ‘Uncertainty Is Quite Large’ ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

believed to have been the cause of foggy air in central Shizuoka. According to the local meteorological office, the weather is expected to turn from Thursday onward due to low pressure and a cold ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are prized for their zen experience, with travelers coming from around the world to lounge in natural pools and bliss out. The country is home to ...

For a country as safe and orderly as Japan, the terrorist attack was an unimaginable shock. It came just two months after the Great Hanshin earthquake, a 6.9-magnitude disaster that killed more ...

It is a record for compensation of this kind, Japanese media said. Iwao Hakamada, left, speaks into a microphone held by his sister, Hideko, in Shizuoka, Japan, on Sept. 29 last year. Photo Jiji Press ...

The Golden Route is the quintessential travel itinerary for first-time visitors to Japan. It traditionally includes Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and (sometimes) Hiroshima, offering a well-rounded introduction ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government established a new joint operations command Monday to oversee the three branches of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, aiming to ensure readiness and greater ...

A district court in Shizuoka, a city west of Tokyo on Japan’s main island, ordered the government to pay Iwao Hakamada 217 million yen on Monday. Mr. Hakamada, 89, spent 44 years on death row ...