For centuries, Daruma dolls have been popular in Japan as talismans to bring good fortune. The largest producer of Daruma ...

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system was unleashing heavy snow and strong winds across much of Japan, stretching from ...

Hot spring resorts across Japan are facing water shortages as the influx of foreign tourists drives up usage, forcing some ...

The miniature potted trees, carefully cultivated over many years, are becoming increasingly popular around the world, much ...

OIZUMI, Gunma Prefecture--Oizumi town will eliminate ... Murayama hopes that having non-Japanese employees at the local government’s multicultural cooperation department and educational ...

While the first drive-through McDonald's in Japan was set up in Tokyo in 1977, a cleaner specially for drivers is said to have opened in Gunma as early as around 1990. According to the findings of ...

Gunma's ranking in the former survey has gradually ... focus on supporting the relocation of families with children. (Japanese original by Azusa Hinata, Maebashi Bureau) ...