Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue, who had been taken into police custody on suspicion of injuring a medical worker, has been released, her agency announced on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/crime-legal/ryoko-hirosue-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ryokohirosue #celebrities #japanesepolice #shizuoka #japanesefilm
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is keen on high-speed rail and lukewarm on tariffs, he said during an interview in Tokyo a day after visiting the Yamanashi Maglev Test Track. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/14/economy/governor-moore-maglev/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rail #maglev #shizuoka #jrcentral #bullettrains #shinkansen #chuoshinkansen #usjapanrelations #us #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade
https://www.europesays.com/1994236/ Maryland governor talks trains and trade while in Japan #BulletTrains #ChuoShinkansen #DonaldTrump #japan #JRCentral #maglev #rail #shinkansen #Shizuoka #tariffs #trade #U.S. #U.S.JAPANRELATIONS
Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was arrested for allegedly injuring a medical staff member at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture after being in a car accident, her agency has announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/crime-legal/ryoko-hirosue-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ryokohirosue #japanesepolice #shizuoka #celebrities #japanesefilm
Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, an ex-boxer who spent over 47 years in detention over a 1966 murder case who was acquitted last year, plan to sue the central and prefectural governments for damages in August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-damage-suit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #shizuoka
Japan's justice minister has asked a legal panel to review the country's retrial system after the acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner last year heightened scrutiny of the system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/29/japan/crime-legal/japan-retrial-system-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #deathpenalty #falseconvictions #shizuoka #massmurder #japanesepolice
https://www.alojapan.com/1229810/three-confirmed-dead-on-mount-fuji-ahead-of-climbing-season/ Three confirmed dead on Mount Fuji ahead of climbing season #JapanesePolice #MountFuji #MountFujiTopics #mountaineering #mountains #MountFuji #Shizuoka #富士山 Three people were found lying unconscious near a crater of Mount Fuji on Wednesday and were later confirmed dead, according to the police department of Shizuoka Prefecture. They were found during the search for a 53-year-old male corporate worker from Hino, Tokyo, who went missing after g…
Three banks based in central Japan are teaming up to combat the enduring challenge of a dwindling population that’s threatening their long-term viability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/28/japan/banks-alliance-depopulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #banks #depopulation #nagano #yamanashi #shizuoka
https://www.alojapan.com/1228094/shizuoka-considers-charging-each-mount-fuji-climber-up-to-%c2%a55000/ Shizuoka considers charging each Mount Fuji climber up to ¥5,000 #MountFuji #MountFujiTopics #mountaineering #mountains #MountFuji #overtourism #Shizuoka #tourism #Yamanashi #富士山 Shizuoka – The Shizuoka Prefectural Government is considering collecting entry fees of ¥3,000 ($19) to ¥5,000 per head from people climbing Mount Fuji from the prefecture’s side, beginning next summer, officials said Thursday. The fees are designed to prevent overcro…
https://www.alojapan.com/1225243/authorities-say-cap-on-mount-fuji-hikers-achieved-goals-as-season-ends/ Authorities say cap on Mount Fuji hikers achieved goals as season ends #MountFuji #MountFujiTopics #mountaineering #mountains #MountFuji #overtourism #Shizuoka #tourism #Yamanashi #富士山 Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Pref. – This year’s climbing season for Mount Fuji ended on Tuesday without any major confusion over new restrictions that were imposed at the start of the season. The hiking trails in Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures were closed down a…
https://www.alojapan.com/1223513/mount-fuji-hikers-to-be-charged-%c2%a54000-on-all-trails/ Mount Fuji hikers to be charged ¥4,000 on all trails #MountFuji #MountFujiTopics #mountaineering #mountains #MountFuji #overtourism #Shizuoka #tourism #Yamanashi #富士山 Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji’s four main trails will be charged an entry fee of ¥4,000 ($27) from this summer after local authorities passed a bill on Monday. A record influx of foreign tourists to Japan has sparked alarm about overcrowding on the nation’s highest mountai…
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Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji's four main trails will be charged an entry fee of ¥4,000 ($27) from this summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/japan/society/mount-fuji-entry-fee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mountfuji #overtourism #yamanashi #shizuoka #mountains
"Kazunori Shimoyama, 76, who serves as speaker of the Nagaizumi municipal assembly in Shizuoka Prefecture, created this "park" for fun in 1988 when he was working in the town's construction dept"
"Inside the square brick enclosure are plants and a bench barely big enough to seat one person"
"This is smaller than the previous Guinness record holder, Mill Ends Park in Oregon, U.S., which measures 0.29 square meters"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250310/p2a/00m/0na/011000c
"Small is Beautiful" - E.F. Schumacher
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Title: Fuji from Mitsuhama in Nishiizu (1936)
Artist: Koitsu Tsuchiya
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15639383 #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #KoitsuTsuchiya #Winter #Snow #MtFuji #MountFuji #Shizuoka #Nishiizu #SurugaBay #Japan
Iwao Hakamata, acquitted last year in his retrial over a 1966 multiple murder, has demanded that the government pay him compensation of ¥217 million for being unjustly detained for over 47 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/30/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-compensation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #shizuoka #japanesecourts #falseconvictions
The suspect in a case involving the death of a 37-year-old woman on a remote Tokyo island has told police that the victim died by suicide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/25/japan/crime-legal/suspect-izu-oshima-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #izuoshima #japanesepolice #tokyo #shizuoka
Police arrested a 45-year-old man on Friday on suspicion of mutilating and abandoning the remains of his girlfriend, whose bones were discovered on a beach on Izu Oshima last October. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/24/japan/crime-legal/izu-oshima-remains-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #izuoshima #japanesepolice #tokyo #shizuoka
#Earthquake (#地震) M5.6 occurred 371 km S of #Shizuoka-shi (#Japan) 8 min ago (local time 17:31:31). More info at:
https://m.emsc.eu/#app
https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1753467
https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/earthquake.php?id=1753467
