Shizuoka Prefecture is considering permitting Central Japan Railway Co. to carry out a boring survey in preparation for Japan's delayed high-speed maglev train project, a source familiar with the ...

Tropical Storm Shan Shan brought days of torrential rains, causing widespread flooding to Japan. 7 deaths and over 120 ...

A Japanese man is facing a two-year prison sentence for secretly filming 1,000 women bathing in several hot springs using ...

Children in Japan's central prefecture of Shizuoka have learned from the elderly in the local community about the traditional ...

Tropical Storm Shanshan has brought torrential rain to Japan’s Shizuoka area southwest of Tokyo as weather officials warned ...

Shanshan, packing winds of 65 kph (40 mph), made landfall Thursday, leaving landslides, flooded rivers, torn branches and ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued tornado alerts for Shizuoka Prefecture on May 1, first for the Izu region, and later expanded it to other regions. Atmospheric instability was observed ...

Typhoon Shanshan, now downgraded to a tropical storm, continued to bring record rainfall and cause havoc in several parts of ...

Atami city in central Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture experienced record rainfall of over 654mm in 72 hours, more than three ...

A new species of starfish has been discovered in Japan, marking the first such discovery in over 50 years. A new species of ...

What I hadn't suspected was Bakeru's chops not only as a platformer, but as a means to increase your chances at success in ...

In the previous edition, we went through the Tohoku region, and how its beauty is brought out in the summer. With one-of-a-kind dining experiences and luscious seascapes, we don’t simply plan trips, ...