Shizuoka Prefecture
April 23, 2013
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Prefecture--Early morning landslides brought down part of a cliff-top tea field here on April 23, the Shizuoka prefectural government and other sources said.
February 09, 2013
HAMAMATSU--After volunteering to produce the Enshu-themed "Hatenu Mura no Mina," his first successful live-action film, Tsuneo Kamijima is now planning an animated feature to...
November 19, 2012
Shizuoka's prefectural assembly has rejected a bill to hold a public referendum that would have put the restart of the nuclear reactors in the prefecture to a yes-or-no vote....
October 29, 2012
A search effort will soon get under way for a tank developed by Japan's wartime military as a last line of defense that, according to local folklore, was dumped in a lake to...
August 18, 2012
If ever there was a country that was vulnerable to energy shortages, it must be resource-poor Japan. But not for much longer.
July 13, 2012
SHIZUOKA--A citizens group in Shizuoka Prefecture said it collected about 108,000 signatures calling for a local referendum on whether the idled reactors of the Hamaoka nuclear ...
June 02, 2012
ITO, Shizuoka Prefecture--An elaborate mating ritual is now at its height in waters off the eastern Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, divers say.
April 16, 2012
OMAEZAKI, Shizuoka Prefecture--Omaezaki Mayor Shigeo Ishihara was re-elected to a third term on April 15, defeating two challengers opposed to restarting reactors at the...
June 15, 2011
SHIZUOKA--Tea leaves containing concentrations of radioactive cesium exceeding national safety standards were found in five more refineries here, officials of the Shizuoka...
June 10, 2011
Shizuoka Prefecture said June 9 that 679 becquerels of radioactive cesium were detected per kilogram in refined tea leaves processed by a plant in its jurisdiction, exceeding...
May 21, 2011
Several damaged pipes carrying sea water were found at the No. 5 reactor of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, plant operator Chubu Electric...
March 28, 2011
The mega-earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on March 11 has no precedent. The magnitude-9.0 temblor triggered devastating tsunami more than 10 meters high. No one had...
March 24, 2011
Utilities have no choice but to put plans on hold for the construction of new nuclear reactors amid a chorus of calls for reinforced safety steps in the face of the crisis at...
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