Gumma
(2002 est. pop. 2 million). Gumma Prefecture is situated in the central region of Japan's island of Honshu. Essentially a satellite of Tokyo, it occupies an area of 6,356 square kilometer...
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(EDS: UPDATING NO. OF HEAT STROKE DEATHS, OTHER INFO IN 2ND-4TH
GRAFS)
Twelve people died across Japan on Thursday as temperatures in
Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, and Kumagaya, Saitama Prefectur...
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(EDS: CORRECTING BREAKDOWN OF HEAT STROKE DEATHS IN 2ND GRAFS)
Twelve people died across Japan on Thursday as temperatures in
Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, and Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, climbe...
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A high-pressure system covering the Japanese archipelago
continued to bring hot temperatures to the country Wednesday, with
the mercury rising above 40 C for the first time in Japan this
sum...
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A ruling party chapter headed by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was
found Friday to have submitted copies of two receipts with the names
rewritten, which an election management board said could ...
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Municipalities facing a surge in the number of non-Japanese in
their midst are calling for the establishment of a ''basic register
of foreign residents'' to make up for flaws in the existing ...
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(EDS: ADDING INFO)
The Maebashi District Court dismissed a 460 million yen damages
claim Wednesday by a total of 46 Chinese who demanded the Japanese
government and construction companies co...
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A Buddhist temple-looking Christian church was among 166
structures that a government advisory panel proposed Friday to
designate as tangible cultural assets.
With these addition, the numb...
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The Financial Services Agency ordered Towa Bank on Friday to
improve its operations as the second-tier regional bank kept lending
money to financially struggling companies while knowing their...
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The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday ordered two gangsters to pay a
total of about 88 million yen to relatives of a man killed in a bar
shooting in Gunma Prefecture in 2003, revising a lower court...
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(EDS: ADDING INFO)
Sanyo Electric Co. has given up selling its semiconductor
business to Advantage Partners LLP as the Japanese investment fund
faced difficulty in raising funds amid a credi...
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Gumma
6TH LD: 12 die as temperature hits record-high 40.9 C in Saitama, Gifu
