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GUNMA 2

BASKETBALL
Mar 7, 2014
Gunma thumps Nara in series opener
Friday's series opener against the visiting Gunma Crane Thunders started off well, but finished poorly for the Bambitious Nara.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2014
Last week's snowfall in Japan left more than 20,000 people cut off
More than 20,000 people in Tokyo and nine other prefectures in eastern Japan were cut off following heavy snowfalls last week, local government tallies showed Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2014
Woman shot to death in car in Gunma lot
Police launch a search for the killer of a 26-year-old woman found shot to death in her car in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 15, 2014
A tale of two Abes: PM's rosy view jars with life of toil seen in poison case
Did the frozen-food poisoner have some obscure notion of 'justice' in mind? Might it have been his way of saying to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 'Japan is not back; Japan won't be back until working for a living does not entail the sacrifice of all human dignity
BASKETBALL
Feb 14, 2014
Ide provides spark as Tokyo edges Gunma
Yuji Ide canned four 3-point shots and scored a game-high 22 points and Ricky Woods and Edward Morris poured in 19 points apiece as the Tokyo Cinq Reves defeated the Gunma Crane Thunders 81-75 on Friday night.
BASKETBALL
Jan 30, 2014
Evessa, Crane Thunders inadvertently help each other address needs
The Osaka Evessa and Gunma Crane Thunders acted quickly to fill frontcourt vacancies, swooping up released big men Darko Cohadarevic and Dillion Sneed, respectively, this week.
BASKETBALL
Jan 11, 2014
Broncos halt losing streak at 19
Led by John "Helicopter" Humphrey's game-high 37 points, the Saitama Broncos snapped a 19-game losing streak by beating the visiting Gunma Crane Thunders 93-61 on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Dec 15, 2013
Blackwell out at struggling Gunma
The Gunma Crane Thunders opened the season with three victories in their first 19 games. Saturday's 93-78 loss to the Shinshu Brave Warriors was the final straw for head coach Ryan Blackwell. It cost him his job, bj-league sources told The Japan Times.
BASKETBALL
Dec 3, 2013
Akita 16-2 after weekend sweep of Gunma
With three teams with double-digits wins setting the pace in the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference-leading Ryukyu Golden Kings enjoying a bye week, the 2013-14 bj-league season has entered its third month.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 28, 2013
Struggling Gunma signs two veterans to bolster lineup
Two additions, two subtractions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2013
Leprosarium 'prison' dig site opens
The health ministry began work Tuesday at a leprosarium to excavate what was once the only "prison" for rebellious Hansen's disease patients brought in from facilities nationwide, as part of efforts to create a replica of the abusive jail for public viewing next year.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 31, 2013
Gymnastics coach Tomita fondly remembers legendary Aihara
The late Nobuyuki Aihara, a gymnastics legend, left a great impression on many individuals he met or influenced during his many decades in the sport, including Yoichi Tomita.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2013
Canyoning makes a splash in Gunma
Foreign tourists are making their way to Minakami, a town in Gunma Prefecture where a New Zealander, charmed by the nature there, promotes canyoning expeditions in English.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 12, 2013
Gunma making progress under Blackwell's leadership
The Gunma Crane Thunders' entire history consists of 46 regular-season games — 12 wins, 34 defeats. A standard of excellence and habits, good or bad, generally take longer to form.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 9, 2013
Broncos' energy, desire carry team to solid sweep over Crane Thunders
Neither team has a shot at making the playoffs. Neither team will finish anywhere near .500. But both teams personify the spirited competitor who happens to be their head coach, former players Ryan Blackwell of the Gunma Crane Thunders and Tracy Williams of the Saitama Broncos.
BASKETBALL
Feb 27, 2013
Dixon, Tomori shine in Gunma triumph over Sendai
After a quiet game in the series opener, Gunma Crane Thunders point guard Jermaine Dixon lit up the scoreboard for 28 points in a 78-75 bounce-back win over the host Sendai 89ers on Tuesday night in the bj-league.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 19, 2013
Care home chief guilty of fire deaths
The former head of a nursing home in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, was found guilty Friday by the Maebashi District Court over a 2009 blaze that killed 10 residents, on the grounds that he should have foreseen the risk of a fire because he knew the facility's ban on smoking was being ignored.
EDITORIALS
May 6, 2010
The long downhill road
The severe business environment for department stores has kept this segment of the retail industry on a downward sales path for two decades.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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