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Central Japan city hosts job fair in India

Central Japan city hosts job fair in India

A Japanese automotive parts manufacturer based in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture holds a recruiting session for people seeking jobs in Japan on Jan. 14, 2026, at a job fair in New Delhi. Five Hamamatsu-based companies took part in the event, which was organized by the central Japan city.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Hamaoka nuclear power plant operated by Chubu Electric Power Co. in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, meets in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the Japanese nuclear watchdog's meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, meets in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the Japanese nuclear watchdog's meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2026, after revelations that Chubu Electric Power Co. may have misused earthquake data in regulatory screening to restart its nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Toyota releases new sports car

SUSONO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - Video taken on Dec. 5, 2025, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new GR GT sports car unveiled at an experimental community called "Woven City" in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Toyota releases new sports car

Toyota releases new sports car

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda releases the company's new GR GT sports car at an experimental community called "Woven City" in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Toyota releases new sports car

Toyota releases new sports car

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2025, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new GR GT sports car unveiled at an experimental community called "Woven City" in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Toyota releases new sports car

Toyota releases new sports car

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2025, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new GR GT sports car unveiled at an experimental community called "Woven City" in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Toyota releases new sports car

Toyota releases new sports car

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2025, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new GR GT sports car unveiled at an experimental community called "Woven City" in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Toyota releases concept model of Lexus

Toyota releases concept model of Lexus

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2025, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new concept sports model, the Lexus LFA Concept, unveiled at an experimental community called "Woven City" in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Toyota releases new racing car

Toyota releases new racing car

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2025, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new GR GT3 racing car unveiled at an experimental community called "Woven City" in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Toyota releases new models

Toyota releases new models

Toyota Motor Corp. releases its new GR GT flagship sports car (C) and new GR GT3 race car (R) as well as the Lexus LFA concept BEV sports car in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Toyota releases new models

Toyota releases new models

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda releases the company's new GR GT flagship sports car (R) in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Toyota releases new models

Toyota releases new models

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda releases the company's new GR GT flagship sports car (C) and new GR GT3 race car (R) as well as the Lexus LFA concept BEV sports car in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Toyota releases new models

Toyota releases new models

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2025, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new GR GT flagship sports car unveiled in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

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Toyota releases new models

Toyota releases new models

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda releases the company's new GR GT flagship sports car in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Striped owl

Striped owl

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a striped owl at Kakegawa Kachoen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka.

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Striped owl

Striped owl

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a striped owl at Kakegawa Kachoen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka.

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Saddle-billed stork

Saddle-billed stork

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a saddle-billed stork at Kakegawa Kachoen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka.

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[Breaking News]Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 23, 2025, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Mount Fuji Gets First Snowcap of Season 2

Mount Fuji saw its first snowfall of the season on Thursday, October 23. According to the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory, this year’s first snow came 15 days earlier than last year — when it was first observed in November for the first time since records began in 1894 — but 21 days later than the seasonal average. This video was filmed inside the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train as it passed through Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Japan: Mount Fuji Gets First Snowcap of Season

Mount Fuji saw its first snowfall of the season on Thursday, October 23. According to the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory, this year’s first snow came 15 days earlier than last year — when it was first observed in November for the first time since records began in 1894 — but 21 days later than the seasonal average.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025, from the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snow-capped Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025, from the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snow-capped Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025, from the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snow-capped Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025, from Fujikawaguchiko town in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the season's first snow-capped Mt. Fuji, the country's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 23, 2025, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 23, 2025, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 23, 2025, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 23, 2025, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 23, 2025, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 23, 2025, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Snowcap on Japan's Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 23, 2025, shows the season's first snowcap on Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain located on the borders of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Man acquitted of 1966 murder case files damages suit

SHIZUOKA, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, a former death-row inmate acquitted in a 2024 retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder, head for the Shizuoka District Court in the central Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, to file damages lawsuit against the state and Shizuoka Prefecture over fabricated evidence. The filing was performed by his lawyers as he has difficulty communicating due to post-incarceration syndrome. (Kyodo)

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Golf: Stanley Ladies

Golf: Stanley Ladies

Yui Kawamoto poses with the victor's trophy after winning the Stanley Ladies golf tournament at Tomei Country Club in Susono in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Golf: Stanley Ladies

Golf: Stanley Ladies

Yui Kawamoto poses with the victor's trophy after winning the Stanley Ladies golf tournament at Tomei Country Club in Susono in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Oct. 12, 2025.

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Sun conures

Sun conures

Sun conures peck feed at Kakegawa Kachouen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Sept. 24, 2025.

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Sun conures

Sun conures

Sun conures peck feed at Kakegawa Kachouen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Sept. 24, 2025.

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Sun conures

Sun conures

Sun conures peck feed at Kakegawa Kachouen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Sept. 24, 2025.

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Sun conures

Sun conures

Sun conures perch on a branch at Kakegawa Kachouen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Sept. 24, 2025.

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Man acquitted of 1966 murder case files damages suit

Man acquitted of 1966 murder case files damages suit

Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, a former death-row inmate acquitted in a 2024 retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder, head for the Shizuoka District Court in the central Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, to file damages lawsuit against the state and Shizuoka Prefecture over fabricated evidence. The filing was performed by his lawyers as he has difficulty communicating due to post-incarceration syndrome.

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Man acquitted of 1966 murder case files damages suit

Man acquitted of 1966 murder case files damages suit

Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, a former death-row inmate acquitted in a 2024 retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder, head for the Shizuoka District Court in the central Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, to file damages lawsuit against the state and Shizuoka Prefecture over fabricated evidence. The filing was performed by his lawyers as he has difficulty communicating due to post-incarceration syndrome.

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[Breaking News]Toyota's "Woven City" launched

SUSONO, Japan, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the just launched first-phase zone of an experimental community called "Woven City" that Toyota Motor Corp. is building at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Susono in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Sept. 25, 2025, envisioning the future of mobility. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Typhoon in Japan

MAKINOHARA, Japan, Sept. 5 Kyodo - Video taken on Sept. 5, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows roofs and exterior walls of residential houses ripped off in Makinohara in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, following an apparent tornado as a typhoon hit wide areas of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Toyota's "Woven City" launched

Toyota's "Woven City" launched

A woman rides a three-wheel electric vehicle on Sept. 25, 2025, in the first-phase zone of Toyota Motor Corp.'s experimental "Woven City," launched at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, which the carmaker is building as a testbed for the future of mobility.

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Toyota's "Woven City" launched

Toyota's "Woven City" launched

A woman rides a three-wheel electric vehicle on Sept. 25, 2025, in the first-phase zone of Toyota Motor Corp.'s experimental "Woven City," launched at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, which the carmaker is building as a testbed for the future of mobility.

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