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 ...

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 ...

The largest producer of Daruma dolls in Japan is Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, where there are about 40 workshops. The nearby city of Kiryu has a different good-luck charm: decorated rakes that ...

We journey from Gunma Pref., northwest of Tokyo ... a mirrored shaft that reflects the gorge outside. Admire carvings by Japan's Michelangelo at a 500-year-old Buddhist temple.