Gunma Prefecture
Scandal-tainted former Maebashi mayor Akira Ogawa reelected
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Former Maebashi Mayor Akira Ogawa, 43, has been reelected after resigning over controversial hotel visits with a married municipal official. She defeated four rivals in the vote for the Gunma Prefecture capital, with turnout rising from the previous election. Ogawa apologized during the campaign while pledging to transform the city.
A massive pileup involving 67 vehicles on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture's Minakami town on Friday night left two dead and 26 injured. The accident is believed to have been caused by a frozen road surface, with a fire breaking out. The Tokyo-bound lane partially reopened early Sunday.
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A massive pileup involving more than 50 cars on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, killed a 77-year-old woman and injured 26 others on Friday night. At least 16 vehicles caught fire during the crash, which occurred on a road covered in packed snow. The expressway remains closed between the Yuzawa Interchange in Niigata Prefecture and the Tsukiyono Interchange in Gunma Prefecture.