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Maebashi

(mäā`bäshē), city (1990 pop. 286,261), capital of Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. Now a silk textile center, it was formerly the castle town of the Matsudaira clan.

Maebashi

a city in Japan in central Honshu; the capital of Gumma Prefecture. Population, 233,700 (1970). Maebashi is a transportation junction. It is one of the centers of a large silk-worm-breeding region and of the silk industry. The city has plants manufacturing transportation and agricultural machinery.

Maebashi

a city in central Japan, on central Honshu: centre of sericulture and silk-spinning; university (1949). Pop.: 283 005 (2002 est.)

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(3) Department of Radiology, Japan Community Health Care Organization Gunma Chuo Hospital, 1-7-13 Koun-cho, Maebashi, Gunma 371-0025, Japan

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(2) Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital, 564-1 Kamishinden-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-0821, Japan

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Japanese financial regulators sought a bankruptcy declaration for a brokerage house for the first time since they did so for Minami Securities Co., a small brokerage based in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, in 2000.

Nippon First Securities to go bankrupt

Fukuda was interviewed by the Jomo Shimbun newspaper based in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture.

LEAD: Fukuda indicates tougher attitude toward DPJ

The transport ministry is planning to search Akagi Helicopter in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, which owned the crashed Fuji-Bell 204B-2 chopper, suspecting that the unauthorized change in flight plan and possible overcapcity may constitute Aviation Law violations, ministry sources said Wednesday.

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The deal calls for Lehman Brothers to buy the non-voting shares of Towa Phoenix and provide the bank's wholly owned arm with know-how on bad-loan collection and management, according to the second-tier regional bank based in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture.

Towa Bank ties up with Lehman Brothers for bad-loan disposal

Akagi Helicopter is based in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture.

2ND LD: 2 confirmed dead after helicopter crashes

''Japan should have such an idea,'' Nakayama said in a speech in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, referring to the recent passing of a bill by the U.S.

Nakayama calls for human rights-based sanctions on N. Korea

Takagi, who came from Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, campaigned for antinuclear causes and was co-founder and director of the nonprofit antinuclear Citizens' Nuclear Information Center.

Fund of late antinuclear leader to support 15 projects

The four companies based in western Japan deemed it necessary to form a business alliance to compete with eastern Japan-based retailers with nationwide networks, such as Kojima in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Yamada Denki in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, as well as Tokyo's Yodobashi Camera Co.

4 regional electronics retailers reach tie-up accord

The Maebashi District Court sentenced a 41-year-old gangster to death Monday for killing a gang member and three bystanders in a shooting at a bar in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, in 2003.