MAEBASHI--A former town assembly member has retracted part of her sexual assault allegations against the mayor of Kusatsu, a popular hot spring tourist resort in Gunma Prefecture. Mayor Nobutada ...

Shoko Arai was the only female councillor on the 12-member assembly in Kusatsu, a town northwest of Tokyo. Last year she accused the mayor, Nobutada Kuroiwa, of sexually assaulting her in 2015.

Jon Woodhouse, who writes regular arts and entertainment articles for The Maui News, is currently traveling in Japan and ...

KUSATSU, Gunma Prefecture--A 13-meter-tall tree ... a company employee who visited the town from Tokyo along with three friends. The illumination event is now in its sixth year after launching ...

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Deep in the mountains of Gunma Prefecture is the town of Kusatsu, its onsen long known for their healing properties. 00:56 I've been in Japanese onsens before, but they're so different to ...