Maki Takubo, former mayor of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, plans to run in the city's Dec. 14 mayoral election following her removal from office over an academic background scandal, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/politics/ito-mayor-return-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #makitakubo #ito #shizuoka
The city assembly of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Friday passed a second no-confidence motion against scandal-hit Mayor Maki Takubo, resulting in her removal from office on the same day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/politics/ito-mayor-removal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ito #shizuoka #makitakubo
Central Japan Railway has said that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated shinkansen train line is expected to swell further to ¥11 trillion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/maglev-shinkansen-double-cost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shinkansen #jr #rail #jrcentral #aichi #shizuoka #tokyo
Ito Mayor Maki Takubo is likely to lose her job after most newly elected members of the city assembly said they would support a second no-confidence motion against her over the falsification of her education background. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/politics/japan-mayor-scandal-job-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shizuoka #ito #makitakubo #localgovernment
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Title: Mount Fuji From Ohito, Autumn (1962)
Artist: Toshi Yoshida
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Title: Mount Fuji From Ohito, Autumn (1962)
Artist: Toshi Yoshida
https://www.explore-izu.com/destinations/izunokuni/ #ToshiYoshida #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #Autumn #MtFuji #MountFuji #Ohito #Izunokuni #Shizuoka #Japan
Amid a global motorsports boom, the World Endurance Championship on Sunday celebrated its 100th race at Shizuoka Prefecture’s Fuji Speedway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/28/more-sports/wec-momentum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldendurancechampionship #shizuoka #cars #carmakers #toyota #bmw #tech
Toyota has opened the doors to the first phase of Woven City, its experimental town meant to act as an incubator for technologies from autonomous driving to artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/companies/toyota-opens-woven-city/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #wovencity #carmakers #electricvehicles #shizuoka #tech
Ito Mayor Maki Takubo dissolved the municipal assembly of the city in Shizuoka Prefecture on Wednesday after it passed a no-confidence motion against her in the wake of allegations she had falsified her academic record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/ito-mayor-dissolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ito #shizuoka #makitakubo #japanesepolice #universities #education
A tornado that struck Shizuoka Prefecture on Sept. 5 was estimated to be one of Japan's strongest, with an instantaneous wind speed of 75 meters per second, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/japan/shizuoka-tornado/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #meteorologicalagency #shizuoka
Shizuoka’s traditional method of tea farming is sustainable, makes tea taste better and helps with biodiversity. But it’s also labor-intensive and the number of practitioners is dwindling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/07/sustainability/shizuoka-tea-farming-chagusaba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #shizuoka #agriculture #tea #aging #chagusaba
The city assembly of Ito in Shizuoka Prefecture has unanimously passed a no-confidence motion against Mayor Maki Takubo, 55, who is alleged to have falsified her academic record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/politics/japan-mayor-no-confidence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #makitakubo #ito #shizuoka #localgovernment
Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, who was acquitted in a retrial after being detained for 47 years and seven months, has said they plan to seek around ¥600 million in damages from the central and prefectural governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-damages-governments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #shizuoka #falseconvictions #japanesecourts
Maki Takubo, mayor of the city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday withdrew her resignation over allegations that she had lied about her academic record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/politics/ito-mayor-decides-not-to-quit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ito #shizuoka #makitakubo #localgovernment #universities
Climbing season has begun for Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture, joining in Yamanashi Prefecture, whose trail up Japan's highest peak opened to climbers on July 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/mount-fuji-shizuoka-open/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mountfuji #shizuoka #mountains #mountaineering #yamanashi
Many stab wounds and scratches have been found on the bodies of two women who were killed at a girls bar in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, investigative sources have disclosed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/crime-legal/girls-bar-stab-wounds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #shizuoka #stabbings #bars
Amid allegations that she lied about her academic credentials, Maki Takubo, the mayor of the city of Ito in Shizuoka Prefecture, has promised to resign and seek reelection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/politics/japan-mayor-academic-record-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #makitakubo #shizuoka #ito
A customer allegedly stabbed to death two women working at a girls bar in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in the early hours of Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/crime-legal/girls-bar-workers-stabbed-to-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #japanesepolice #stabbings #bars
People mourned the 28 victims of a 2021 major mudslide that struck Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, in a memorial ceremony on Thursday, the fourth anniversary of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/japan-landslide-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shizuoka #atami #landslides #rainyseason #disasterpreparedness
Mount Fuji’s climbing season has arrived, with climbers set to pay an entrance fee of ¥4,000 no matter which trail they take. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/japan/society/mount-fuji-entry-fee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mountfuji #yamanashi #shizuoka #tourism #overtourism