SHIZUOKA--In a move that could kickstart the delayed magnetic-levitation (maglev) high-speed train project, Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu said he would resign over his speech that insulted ...

A ruling by Tokyo's Shizuoka District Court on Thursday exonerated Iwao Hamakada, who spent four decades on death row — an ordeal that began with his conviction and sentencing by the same court ...

Newly discovered footage taken in Shizuoka Prefecture after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake constitutes what is probably among the oldest 35-millimeter records of tsunami damage in Japan.

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Shizuoka Prefecture said Tuesday it has granted Central Japan Railway Co permission to conduct a boring survey in preparation for the construction of a new high-speed maglev train line between Tokyo ...