Landlocked Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo on Japan’s main island of Honshū, is known for its rugged mountains, cold winters, and top-ranked hot springs.

Gunma Prefecture’s Kusatsu, one of Japan’s “Big Three” hot springs, is known throughout Japan and even to hot-spring fans overseas. The area boasts many inns of all kinds, as well as day ...

The survey was conducted among 19,021 respondents who either consulted the center or participated in information sessions it hosted in 2024. While Gunma ranked top among participants of ...

The nearly century-old Doai Station in the Gunma countryside is known for being the deepest train station in Japan, with a seemingly never-ending tunnel of 486 stairs down to its platform.

MAEBASHI -- Gunma Prefecture's governor has responded to criticism of his decision to fully abolish nationality-based criteria for hiring civil servants, starting with exams in fiscal 2023.

Gunma's ranking in the former survey has gradually risen over the years. It placed 10th in 2020, 5th in 2021, and 9th in 2022, before surging to second place in 2023 and finally achieving the ...

Ueno, Gunma Pref. – Bereaved families and others on Monday went on a memorial hike to the mountainous accident site in Gunma Prefecture of the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, which ...

Four people died from suspected heatstroke in and around the Kanto region on June 17, the start of an expected days-long period of extreme heat across the nation.

In Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, the mercury soared to 37.2 degrees just before 10:30 a.m., officially marking an “extremely hot weather day” defined by temperatures of 35 degrees or higher.