SHIZUOKA--Along with registering to climb three trails to Mount Fuji's summit from Shizuoka Prefecture, climbers will be urged to take a "manners lesson" on the internet in advance from this summer.

An initiative known as "Birupaku" is transforming vacant commercial spaces into guest accommodations in the central Japan ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds NE. The overnight low will be 39 °F (3.9 °C). Cloudy with a high of 50 °F (10 °C) and a 37% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

The climbing season this year on Mount Fuji, which straddles the prefectures of Yamanashi and Shizuoka about 136 km (85 miles) from Tokyo, runs until September 10, after which the weather gets too ...

National para swimmer Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli is beginning to adapt to the training methods of head coach Fumiyo ...

RENOVA, Inc. announces that the Omaezakikou Biomass Power Plant, in which RENOVA has a stake, started operation.

Fuji has been given up amid public concerns ... But the rising popularity of the mountain, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, has led to challenges including "overtourism" and ...

Filipinos may be familiar with Hakone as a sardines brand, but this town in Japan is a lesser-known tourist destination close ...

The best Japanese whiskies include the Mars Shinshu Iwai, Hibiki 21 Year, Hibiki Japanese Harmony, and Yamazaki 12-Year-Old ...

Fujifilm Holdings has announced an ambitious plan to invest approximately ¥100 billion ($640.5 million US) by March 2027 to ...

Caucasian Journal is a new multilingual forum for dialogue on significant issues relevant to South Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan ...

Shizuoka is famous for it’s tea and the green rows of tea plantations make for a striking location from which to see Mt. Fuji. I was sure Mt. Fuji was stalking us. One minute, it was looming on our ...