FACTOID #151: The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
Gunma is the northwestern-most prefecture of the Kanto, and is mostly mountainous in the north, with more of the population concentrated in the southern half facing Saitama Prefecture.
On January 1, 2005, the towns of Akabori and Sakai and the village of Azuma from Sawa District merged into the expanded city of Isesaki.
On January 23, 2006, the municipalities of Gunma, Kurabuchi and Misato from Gunma District and the town of Shin from Tano District merged into the expanded city of Takasaki.
Japan was without horses until around the early centuries AD and present-day Gunma was a center of the horsebreeding and trading activities when continental peoples and Japanese began a strong trade in the animals.
On January 1, 2005, the towns of Akabori and Sakai and the village of Azuma from Sawa District merged with city of Isesaki to create the new city of Isesaki.
The city of Takasaki is scheduled to merge with the town of Haruna from Gunma District on October 1, 2006.
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