The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was a heavy blow for many athletes, but a team of South Sudanese sprinters training in a Japanese town are hoping to use the delay to their advantage. Four South Sudanese athletes and a coach have been in ...
12 injured after minibus slides down mountain slope in Gunma without driver
Twelve people were injured Friday in Gunma Prefecture when their minibus slid 20 meters down a mountain slope while the driver was outside, police said. The bus was carrying a group of middle-aged trekkers who had come to the area to climb Mount Eboshidake. Police ...
17 delicatessens in eastern Japan close over E. coli outbreak
An operator of delicatessens in eastern Japan said Wednesday it has closed all 17 of its stores after some locations were hit by an E. coli bacteria outbreak that has killed a 3-year-old girl and sickened 21 others. The 17 stores in Gunma, Saitama and ...
E. coli-infected food bought at delicatessen in Gunma kills Tokyo girl
The Maebashi Municipal Government in Gunma Prefecture said Wednesday a 3-year-old girl has died after eating fried shrimp and bamboo shoots bought in August at a local delicatessen hit by an E. coli bacteria outbreak. The girl from Tokyo died in early September after being ...
Garbage sorter finds ¥42.5 million in cash at trash dump in Gunma
Police in Gunma Prefecture are looking for the owner of ¥42.51 million in cash that was found in garbage at a dumpsite in the city of Numata. The cash was found at around 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday at the site, which is operated by a ...
Gunma bear driven away by karate punches after picking fight with wrong person
A black bear got the surprise of its life when it attacked a 63-year-old man who happened to be a high-ranking practitioner of karate, police in Gunma Prefecture said. The man, from Naganohara, was fishing on the nearby Jizo River when what appeared to be ...
A tale of two Abes: PM's rosy view jars with life of toil seen in poison case
Did the frozen-food poisoner have some obscure notion of "justice" in mind? Might it have been his way of saying to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, "Japan is not back; Japan won't be back until working for a living does not entail the sacrifice of ...
Gymnastics coach Tomita fondly remembers legendary Aihara
The late Nobuyuki Aihara, a gymnastics legend, left a great impression on many individuals he met or influenced during his many decades in the sport, including Yoichi Tomita. Aihara's death at age 78 on July 16 triggered many memories for Tomita, who followed in Aihara's ...
Foreign tourists are making their way to Minakami, a town in Gunma Prefecture where a New Zealander, charmed by the nature there, promotes canyoning expeditions in English. "Tone River's torrents are world-class," said Mike Harris, an outdoor adventure guide from New Zealand who provides the ...
The former head of a nursing home in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, was found guilty Friday by the Maebashi District Court over a 2009 blaze that killed 10 residents, on the grounds that he should have foreseen the risk of a fire because he knew ...
