Popular car name Subaru likely to be adopted by Gunma town
MAEBASHI, Japan, Jun 09, 2001 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- The name of a famous car model, Subaru, may be adopted in the city where the main plant of its maker Fuji Heavy...
View ArticleMan gets suspended term for hanging boy upside down
MAEBASHI, Japan, Jul 08, 2001 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- The Maebashi District Court on Monday sentenced a 42-year-old roof tiler to 16 months in prison, suspended for three...
View ArticleWomen Barred From Tunnel In Japan For Fear Of Angering 'Deity'
MAEBASHI, Japan, Around 30 local women on a tour of a tunnel construction site in Gunma Prefecture were barred from entering the site by a foreman who said women...
View Article2 state universities agree to continue talks on planned merger
MAEBASHI, Japan, Jan 18, 2002 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- Gunma University and Saitama University, both state-run institutions, have agreed to promote talks for a possible merger against the...
View Article2 die after antibiotic-resistant bacteria infections in Gunma
MAEBASHI Two inpatients at a hospital in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, died in mid-April from apparent infections of...
View ArticleLand ministry official held for flashing train conductor
MAEBASHI Police on Tuesday arrested a 44-year-old career official of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry on loan to the municipal office of Kiryu in Gunma Prefecture on suspicion of...
View Article31 Chinese, kin to file damage suit over WWII forced labor
Monday, May 27, 2002 at 09:30 JST MAEBASHI Eighteen Chinese men and 13 bereaved family members will file a damage suit against the state and two major construction firms seeking compensation for...
View ArticleNepalese couple held for running "underground bank"
Friday, June 14, 2002 at 09:30 JST MAEBASHI A Nepalese couple in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of running an "underground bank" by having remitted money to their...
View ArticleBungy jumper hurt after slipping out of belt into river
Saturday, June 22, 2002 at 21:00 JST MAEBASHI A 26-year-old female bungy jumper suffered light injuries Saturday after slipping out of an ankle harness and into the Akaya River following completion...
View ArticleMan gets suspended term for abandoning baby's body
Monday, June 24, 2002 at 18:00 JST MAEBASHI The Maebashi District Court on Monday sentenced a 21-year-old man to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for abandoning the body of his...
View Article8 workers hurt in Gunma smelter accident
Friday, July 19, 2002 at 09:30 JST MAEBASHI Eight male workers suffered burns, three of them seriously, Thursday when they were hit by flying melted alloy at a smelter of Toho Zinc Co in Annaka,...
View ArticleGunman robs farmer in Gunma, takes daughter
Saturday, July 20, 2002 at 20:00 JST MAEBASHI A man armed with what appeared to be a hunting rifle robbed a farmer in the city of Maebashi, capital of Gunma Prefecture, early Saturday morning and...
View Article19-year-old woman abducted in Gunma still missing
Sunday, July 21, 2002 at 18:30 JST MAEBASHI A 19-year-old woman abducted early Saturday morning in the city of Maebashi, capital of Gunma Prefecture, by a man armed with what appeared to be a...
View ArticleGunma girl says abductor considered ransom demand
Tuesday, July 23, 2002 at 09:30 JST MAEBASHI, Japan A 19-year-old girl found unharmed in Tochigi Prefecture on Monday nearly 60 hours after she was abducted by a man from her house in Maebashi,...
View ArticleGunma man arrested in murder of abducted high school girl
Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:30 JST MAEBASHI A man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a 16-year-old high school girl he abducted in Gunma Prefecture last week, the police said....
View ArticleAi's killing random, police say
MAEBASHI-The suspect arrested Wednesday in the murder of a 16-year-old girl in Gunma Prefecture reportedly told police: ``I wasn't picky. It could have been anyone.'' Masahito Sakamoto, 36, from...
View Article17th anniversary of fatal JAL crash observed
Monday, August 12, 2002 at 17:30 JST MAEBASHI Bereaved families of the 1985 fatal Japan Airlines (JAL) jumbo jet crash climbed to the crash site on a mountain in Gunma Prefecture on Monday to mark...
View ArticleMan suspected of negligence causing boy's death
Saturday, August 24, 2002 at 19:30 JST MAEBASHI Police questioned a man Saturday morning in Gunma Prefecture on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in the death of a 10-year-old boy,...
View ArticleFour killed, two hurt in Gunma pile-up
Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 09:30 JST MAEBASHI Four people were killed and two others injured Wednesday morning in a four-vehicle collision in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, police said. The police...
View ArticleBrazilian arrested for attempted murder in Gunma
Monday, September 23, 2002 at 18:00 JST MAEBASHI A Brazilian man was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of attempting to kill a compatriot in the town of Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, police said...
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