SHIMADA, Shizuoka -- A group of five young farmers here has launched a new company with the goal of bringing "Shizuoka 'matcha' to the world," following Western health trends favoring the Japanese ...

Weather officials are warning of heavy rain with thunder in eastern Japan and some other areas on Sunday. The Japan ...

Police in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday arrested a 30-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she stabbed a 26-year-old man with a knife. The incident occurred at around ...

Hirosue, 44, allegedly kicked a nurse and scratched her arm at a hospital in Shimada, Shizuoka prefecture, past midnight Monday, police said, adding she was taken there after her car rear-ended a ...

According to police, Hirosue, 44, kicked the 37-year-old nurse and scratched her arm at a hospital in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, at around 12:20 a.m. that day. Hirosue and her manager were at ...