As 2024 has seen record-breaking visitor numbers, the iconic mountain is struggling to balance tourism with preservation. In ...

Analysts hope the funds raised will be used by the local travel sector to provide better facilities and services for visitors ...

The soaring popularity of a stunning destination in this country has sparked concerns of overtourism, with the local ...

TOKYO -- A hotel in Shuzenji, a hot spring town west of Tokyo, is offering a peaceful refuge for idol fans seeking solace from the emotional anguish caused by their favorite celebrities' departure ...

The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an Indonesian citizen in Japan was detained for attempted ...

He’s been doing kendo ever since. He now lives with his wife in her hometown, Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. When he’s not ...

Keiji Nakazawa's Sushi Sho to Open at the Upcoming Gora Kadan Fuji in 2025 JAPAN, November 29, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- Gora Kadan Co., L ...

Shizuoka Prefecture, one of the two gateways to Mount Fuji, is planning to introduce a new fee structure ranging between ...

The head of a public prosecutors’ office in Shizuoka Prefecture on Wednesday (Nov 27) apologised directly to Iwao Hakamada, ...

A chief public prosecutor in central Japan on Wednesday apologized in person to an 88-year-old man who was acquitted in a ...

Hakamada, who is the longest-serving death-row inmate in the world, was found not guilty in September in a retrial of the ...

Japan's Shizuoka perfecture is considering charging climbers to Mt Fuji JPY 3,000 ($19) to JPY 5,000 ($30) per head starting ...