The sight of a "submerged forest" at a lake north of Tokyo is attracting tourists. Lake Okushima in Gunma Prefecture is a dam reservoir with a circumference of about 4 kilometers. Each spring ...

In some cases, steep, deep decline. Maybe most graphically (and demographically) there's Japan: a country that, since hitting a high of 128 million citizens in 2008, has lost population for 15 ...

Three other banks based in central japan are also forming an alliance to draw talent and funding into the region. Gunma Bank is based in the prefecture of the same name, in the city of Maebashi ...

Once a symbol of rebellion and girlhood, the cartoon cat has become a cultural ambassador—part of Japan’s global soft power strategy to rebrand its image after World War II. To much of the ...

Japan lies along the circum-Pacific seismic belt, better known as the "Ring of Fire," located along the outer edges of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81 percent of the largest earthquakes in the ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Judha Nugraha, Director of Indonesian Citizen Protection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, revealed that 11 Indonesian citizens (WNI) were arrested by the police in Isesaki, ...

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force take a rest during the field exercise "Vigilant Isles 22" at Soumagahara Maneuvering Ground on Nov. 26, 2022, in Shinto Village, Gunma, Japan.

Tokyo, Japan--(Newsfile Corp. - December 24, 2024) - Channel 47 announced the launch of the Seven Great Onsen Resorts in Gunma Hopping Fair. The limited time event will include the sale of ...

Shoko Miyata, 19, who is the captain of her country's women's artistic gymnastics team, left Japan's training camp in Monaco on Thursday after an investigation found that she allegedly violated ...

Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan’s Artistic Gymnastics Olympic squad, has exited the sporting event after smoking cigarettes, in violation of the team's code of conduct ...

Award-winning director and multidisciplinary designer, Ogo Okpue, has delved into the rich tapestry of African mysticism with his first feature film, ‘A Song from the Dark’, which premiered on ...