MITO -- The mayor of the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Kamisu said May 22 that he will file suit with the Tokyo High Court after a prefectural election p･･･ ...

A domestic cat in Ibaraki Prefecture has been confirmed to have contracted a potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease, believed to be the first reported case in the Kanto region.

INASHIKI, Ibaraki -- A helmet museum in this eastern Japan city is drawing throngs of visitors, including motorcycle enthusiasts from the greater Toky･･･ ...

Ibaraki Prefecture’s success from promoting its beauty and charms was short-lived. The prefecture returned to its familiar bottom-basement ranking in a survey this year of “attractive prefectures.” ...

Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, launched a controversial program Monday to reward people for reporting businesses ...

A controversial plan to reward people who report businesses hiring illegal foreign workers will take effect May 11 in a prefecture northeast of Tokyo, the local government said. Ibaraki Prefecture, ...

Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, launched a controversial program Monday to reward people for reporting businesses that hire illegal foreign workers. After verifying the information as accurate ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, just northeast of Tokyo, the country's weather agency said. An earthquake of preliminary magnitude of 4 ...

A magnitude 5 earthquake, which measured a strong 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 50 kilometers in southern Ibaraki Prefecture on Wednesday at 5:40 p.m. No tsunami ...

A recent regional brand survey may have pegged it as Japan’s least attractive prefecture, but Ibaraki provides many of the vegetables essential for everyday dining in homes across the country. Ibaraki ...

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Mito, Ibaraki Pref. – Police arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after six passersby were injured in a stabbing and beating spree on streets in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on ...