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  Gunma Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On April 1, 2003, the town of Manba and the village of Nakasato from Tano District merged to form the new town of Kanna.
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.
Gunma District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gunma_Prefecture   (1150 words)

  
 Gunma District, Gunma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The work took place in the marshland's Ozegahara-Yamanohana district near the foot of a mountain on the Gunma Prefecture side.
Gunma (群馬郡; -gun) is a district located in Gunma, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 82,113 and a density of 286.56 persons per km².
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/g/gu/gunma_district__gunma.html   (71 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Gunma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A Protestant, he grew up in the slum district of Dublin and was active in various socialist movements and in the rebellions for Irish independence.
Murder, Inc. MURDER, INC. [Murder, Inc.] name given to the band of professional killers who operated (1930-40) throughout the United States as the enforcement arm of the Syndicate, composed of the national heads of organized crime.
Shinkin Banks Merger 3 12 0213 --2 shinkin banks in Gunma Pref.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Gunma   (407 words)

  
 Kiryu, Gunma - Wikipedia Light!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Incorporated on March 1, 1921, Kiryu is considered both a city and part of the Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area, although it is still widely thought of as a rural area.
Two rivers, the Kiryu and the Watarase, run through the heart of the city and it is likewise surrounded by picturesque mountains to the north.
Umeda, a district on the north side of the city, is well-known for its cedar trees, while red pines are also common in other areas.
godseye.com /wiki/index.php?title=Kiryu   (525 words)

  
 Kakuei Tanaka - a political biography of modern Japan:
Election 1986 would be the thirteenth head-to-head confrontation with Takeo Fukuda in the Third District of Gunma Prefecture.
The rivalry began in 1952 and was known as the Joshu War, after the ancient word for Gunma.
Gunma was the only prefecture with two active faction bosses, let alone the ability to boast two Prime Ministers.
www.rcrinc.com /tanaka/ch5-2.html   (4901 words)

  
 BULLETIN OF GUNMA
Chronology of the middle Kofun period pottery in Gunma Prefecture
Assesing the age of the Imai-jinja Shrine tumulus by examining the haniwa cylindrical clay figurines
Dogu-clay figurines of Gunma Prefecture in Jomon period
www.gunmaibun.org /guide/english/1-10.htm   (1636 words)

  
 Gunma District, Gunma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of June 30, 2004, the district had an estimated population of 22,303.
October 1, 1949 - Due to the creation of Kitagunma District, the district lost 2 towns and 9 villages.
January 23, 2006 - Gunma, Kurabuchi, and Misato were absorbed by the city of Takasaki.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gunma_District,_Gunma   (147 words)

  
 Gunma Prefecture Geography Prefectural symbols Seta District Akagi Kurohone Tone District Usui District Shirasawa ski ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gunma Prefecture (or Gumma) (群馬県; Gunma-ken) is located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan.
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 December 5, 2004, the former town of Ogo and former villages of Kasukawa and Miyagi from Seta District merged into the expanded city of Maebashi.
en.powerwissen.com /SwYFtLvzBas2ladLxCHphQ==_Gunma_Prefecture.html   (362 words)

  
 The City of Takasaki
Situated on the Kanto Plain approximately 100km north of Tokyo, Takasaki City covers an area of 330 square kilometers stretching from the border of Saitama Prefecture to the border of Nagano Prefecture.
It's a city that encompasses vibrant commerce and industry found in the downtown district, as well as the peace and tranquility of nature found in the rural Kurabuchi district.
In January of 2006 Takasaki City merged with Gunma Town, Misato Town, Shinmachi Town and Kurabuchi Village to form the current city that is home to approximately 320,000 people.
www.city.takasaki.gunma.jp /English/default.html   (467 words)

  
 Oze garbage still hidden issue : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The work marred the pleasure of seeing the colorful autumn leaves there but was necessary because garbage dumped in the past had become a problem, despite the fact that Oze was a driving force behind a campaign to encourage tourists to take their garbage home.
With the emerging garbage problems in the Miharashi district, the problem in the Yamanohana district was finally confirmed this summer when reports were received of garbage being disposed of in the district.
The foundation said the garbage dumping in the past was regrettable and vowed to promote a campaign for the removal of the remaining garbage.
www.yomiuri.co.jp /dy/national/20061026TDY04003.htm   (931 words)

  
 Hot-Springs in Gunma Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gunma Prefecture is located in the northwestern part of Japan's Kanto region, roughly 100 kilometers northwest of Tokyo (approximately 139° East and 37° North).
A vast array of national and prefectural park areas lie within Gunma's borders.
Minakami hot spring is easy to get to and is quite typical of the hot springs in Gunma.
userwww.sfsu.edu /~nsato/527/final/main.htm   (448 words)

  
 Courts and cases Japan (Lexadin)
The 50 District Courts are the courts of first instance and trial on most types of civil and criminal cases.
Each of the 47 prefectures has it's own district court and 3 district courts are located in the cities of Hakodate, Asahikawa and Kushiro).
Most cases are disposed by a single judge, aside from more serious cases (for criminal cases with a minimum of 6 years) which are heared by a collegiate court.
www.lexadin.nl /wlg/courts/nofr/oeur/lxctjap.htm   (258 words)

  
 Tuesday, June 27, 2000
General election:  Wins-losses in 1st electoral district in 47 prefectures; Ruling camp wins 27 seats, opposition bloc 17; 19 LDP candidates defeated in 1st electoral districts
            Looking at the number of seats the ruling and opposition camps obtained in the 1st single-seat districts across the country, the ruling camp won in 27 1st electoral districts, while the opposition bloc gained 17 seats.
  Three-fourths of the 47 1st electoral districts are excluded from the category of  being a “large city.”  However, they still serve as the centers of regional politics.
www.usc.edu /libraries/archives/dsjp/summaries/2000/June/SM000627.htm   (4624 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Forty-four teams qualified for the New Year Ekiden through six district championships, which were contested in mid-November.
Chubu district and Hokuriku district championships were both contested over a seven stage 82.9Km course.
On the same course, YKK won the Hokuriku district championships for the fourteenth straight year.
www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=33008,printer.html   (641 words)

  
 AUM announces evacuation of Gunma premises Japan Policy & Politics - Find Articles
The AUM Shinrikyo religious group has told the Fujioka municipal government that it will comply with a court order to vacate two premises in the city in Gunma Prefecture, sources close to the local government said Monday.
The district court also approved a request by the Fujioka municipality, which holds a mortgage on the two premises, to temporarily take over the properties in order to sell them to a third party.
AUM members started to move into the two buildings in late July, and as many as 130 followers have lived in the two places at one time.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_1999_Dec_20/ai_58533994   (340 words)

  
 Suigai Sato
Suigai returned to Gunma at the age of 20 to be sent to war and when his father died after the war, he raised seven siblings by making silk material from the cocoons, selling the equipment and paintings for the fusuma.
Suigai was impressed when he heard about unknown world of “kokeshi,” and finished his first kokeshi when he was 24.
The kingdom of modern kokeshi, Gunma, whose national share of production is 70%, faces the issue of successors, but Sugai says, “the art is only good for one generation, making kokeshi was a vocation for me” as he talks about the reality that is difficult.
www.kokeshidesigns.com /sato-suigai.htm   (702 words)

  
 Yamada District, Gunma - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This article is about the district in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Yamada (山田郡; -gun) is a former district which was located in Gunma, Japan.
As of 27 March 2003, the district has been dissolved.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Yamada_District,_Gunma   (58 words)

  
 Aum property moved to Gunma Pref.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Two trucks carrying the belongings of Aum Supreme Truth cult members who were evicted from a building in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, entered the cult's facility in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Sunday night, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The removal of members' belongings to Fujioka from the Adachi Ward building, which had housed the cult's public relations, judicial affairs and other sections, raised concerns among local residents, with some worried that the cult may be establishing headquarters in Fujioka.
The Tokyo District Court declared the building owners bankrupt on July 8.
www.rickross.com /reference/aum/aum116.html   (302 words)

  
 ZNet |Asia | Resolving the Wartime Forced Labor Compensation Question
In this case, a lower court decision was returned by the Fukuoka District Court in April 2003 against Mitsui Mining.
During a series of court proceedings it became clear that the government had falsely testified at Diet briefings, claiming that "all copies of the report were incinerated." Representatives of the state have been forced to acknowledge this fact in court and to offer an apology.
On 28 September, arguments will conclude in the appeals court concerning the Liu Lianren forced labor case, which won a full victory in a lower court decision; a ruling is expected to be handed down early next year.
www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=44&ItemID=5919   (1226 words)

  
 BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Japanese politics: A family affair
Even before a single vote is cast in Japan's general election, there's one result virtually everyone is agreed on.
The winner by a landslide in Gunma No 5 District will be a 26-year-old who was studying in London until she was suddenly called back to the bedside of her dangerously ill father in April.
So strong are her chances, the main opposition party has not even bothered to put up anyone to challenge her.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/800564.stm   (668 words)

  
 Attorneys in Japan
Tokyo Consular District: Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokyo, Yamagata, Yamanashi.
Osaka-Kobe Consular District: Aichi, Ehime, Fukui, Gifu, Hiroshima, Hyogo, Ishikawa, Kagawa, Kochi, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Okayama, Osaka, Shimane, Shiga, Tokushima, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama.
Sapporo Consular District: Akita, Aomori, Hokkaido, Iwate and Miyagi.
japan.usembassy.gov /e/acs/tacs-7113.html   (219 words)

  
 dEaringfilm [-_-]
I shot her in the artist district in downtown Los Angeles and little Tokyo along with the beautiful beach at Point Dume in Malibu.
Which in the old days was called Yaohan, which so happens to be the first place I ever went to with japanese culture in Chicago, Illinois back in 1993...
Anyway the Yaohan shut down in Japan so the emplyees of the america store bought the Yaohan stires and renamed them Mitsuwa (not to be mixed up with Marukai).
www.dearingfilm.com   (2416 words)

  
 Main Judgments of Lower Courts
m On 17th September, 1989, Dr. O, Maebashi Medical Association, reported at a Gunma District meeting of the Japan Pediatric Society that 3 children out of 1800 who took MMR vaccination developed aseptic meningitis in Maebashi City, between April and June of the same year (Ko A12).
However, the symptoms were remitted and cured after that, and C1 was discharged from the hospital on 8th December of the same year.
On 26th December of the same year (62nd day after the vaccination) when influenza was very much prevailing in the Hokusetsu district, C1’s mother had pyrexia of 38 degrees.
www.whale.to /vaccine/japan_judgements.html   (10829 words)

  
 Tokyo Stories Trivia
Now heavily populated with Korean restaurants and bars, although geisha can still be spotted ocassionally walking along the roads towards the few remaining Japanese teahouses.
The premiere department store here is Wako, a small and very high-end retailer with a select line of luxury goods.
— Tokyo's trendiest nightlife district, popular among foreigners from all walks of life.
www.webspawner.com /users/oshinobooks/thetokyostories.html   (1222 words)

  
 Big in Japan- Past News from Japan
By the way, Yuko Obuchi (daughter of the late prime minister) not surprisingly won her seat to represent a district in Gunma.
Her father was from Gunma while she spent most of her time in Tokyo before this election (actually I don't blame her, have you been to Gunma?).
Yuko Obuchi, daughter of the recently deceased Prime Minister Obuchi, has decided to run for his district seat in the upcoming elections.
victorian.fortunecity.com /blake/464/pastnews.html   (1634 words)

  
 Fuji Heavy Industries raided in Japanese lawmaker scandal Asian markets mostly higher, but Tokyo falls on political ...
Yojiro Nakajima, 39, a Liberal Democratic Party member of Parliament, was arrested last month on charges of violating the political party subsidy law and the political fund control law.
The lawmaker, who represents a district in Gunma prefecture in central Japan, has reportedly denied wrongdoing and said he was unaware of the actions of his subordinates.
Japan's political world has been rocked by a series of corruption scandals in recent years that have exposed cozy ties between government officials and businesses.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=9785   (2152 words)

  
 AUM ordered to vacate facilities in Gunma Pref Japan Policy & Politics - Find Articles
AUM ordered to vacate facilities in Gunma Pref
MAEBASHI, Dec. 9 Kyodo The Maebashi District Court ordered AUM Shinrikyo on Thursday to vacate its two largest facilities, located in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, within 20 days of notification.
The court also approved a request by the Fujioka municipal government to temporarily take over the facilities while it sells them to a third party.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_1999_Dec_13/ai_58533965   (480 words)

  
 Atlas of LDS (Mormon) Stakes<br> Far East
2.2 Aomori, Akito, Iwate, northern Yamagata (Aomori, Akito, and Morioka Districts)
2.7 Ishikawa, Toyama, Nagano, Fukui and northern Gifu (Ishikawa, Toyama, Nagano and Fukui Districts)
4.1 Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar and Ulaanbaatar North Districts; and Mission Branches of the Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mission)
www.gatheringofisrael.com /atlas/asia/far_east.html   (756 words)

  
 Hotels in Gunma - Book online and Pay on the spot - Japan Web Directory
Japan Rail (Rail Basics / JR Rail Passes / Schedules, Fares and Reservations)
Hotels in Gunma, Japan - All listed hotels are located within walking distance from the nearest train station.
View Regions and Cities Guide: Gunma Prefecture at Web Japan
epublishing.nademoya.biz /japan/hotels_in_gunma.php   (235 words)

  
 Location Index - Y
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Yellowhorn Mine, Greenback District (Upper Grave Creek District), Josephine Co., Oregon, USA
Yubdo (Joubdo; Youbdo; Joubda) District, Gimbi, Wallaga (Welega; Wollega) Province, Ethiopia
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 Member of the State Assembly; District 9 Voter Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Member of the State Assembly; District 9 Voter Information
International English teacher: Gunma Ken, Japan; speaks Japanese, reads and write Hirigana
The League of Women Voters neither supports nor opposes candidates for public office or political parties.
www.smartvoter.org /1998nov/ca/state/race/caasm09   (179 words)

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