A pileup involving 67 vehicles on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture has left two people dead and 26 injured. The accident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. Friday near the expressway's Minakami ...

A pileup involving more than 50 vehicles has killed two people and injured 26 in a town in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo. The pileup occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Friday on the Kan-etsu ...

A major chain-reaction crash has shut down the Kanetsu Expressway in Gunma, Japan, after trucks lost control on icy, compacted snow. The collision erupted around 7:30 p.m. near the Mizukami ...

TOMIOKA, Gunma -- A fire was observed Dec. 14 on Mount Myogi in this east Japan city after a forest blaze had previously been declared under control. This photo taken at 2:33 a.m. on Dec. 15, 2025, ...

This photo taken from Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, shows a fire spreading at Mt. Myogi on Dec. 9, 2025. (Kyodo) MAEBASHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A forest fire was reported Monday at Mt. Myogi, known as a ...

A major, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Japan on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings for ...

Japan’s railway dominance continues to shape global travel behaviour, and the latest Google Maps Transit Trends Report 2025 confirms it. An extraordinary nine out of the world’s ten most-searched ...

A 69-year-old security guard was injured by a bear in a public toilet in front of JR Numata Station in Gunma Prefecture on Friday morning. At around 1:20 a.m., the injured man ran into a nearby koban ...

The US State Department on Wednesday issued an unusual warning to Americans in northern Japan: watch out for bears. The “wildlife alert” advised that “bear sightings and attacks have increased in ...

As part of Tokyo Game Show 2025, Activision and Treyarch released a new Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 video, highlighting maps inspired by Japan. The two and a half miunute presentation showcases a few ...

Based on reports from our sources, PC Gamer can confirm that Japan is large. Not only large—huge, and stacked from top to bottom with stuff to do. At press time, Tokyo was reportedly at least twice as ...