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 ...

Set for a grand opening in Spring 2026, Snow Peak has been invited by the Gunma Prefecture to develop ... cooler than normal temperatures in the summer for a comfortable stay, while in the winter ...

TOKYO -- Summer, the season of mountain climbing ... injured in the January 2018 eruption of Mount Kusatsu-Shirane on the ...