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

MINAKAMI, Gunma Prefecture--A surge in school closures exacerbated by Japan’s declining birthrate amounts to a lot of unused real estate over the years. Invariably, local government officials ...

MAEBASHI -- Gunma Prefecture was named the most popular relocation destination for the first time in 2024 in a survey conducted by a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization that supports people's moves ...

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

Swedish furniture maker IKEA, which has set a nation-wide minimum hourly wage of 1,300 yen in Japan, also opened a store in Gunma this year. “Such moves by big foreign firms to offer higher ...

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a demonstration city being built in central Japan to test advanced mobility technologies. The demonstration city in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, includes roads dedicated to automated mobility on ...