Ten young people who will turn 20 this year shouted their future aspirations before bungee-jumping from the Ryujin Suspension ...

MITO--Government and company officials here plan to turn Lake Kasumigaura, known for “wakasagi” smelt and “shirauo” icefish, into a caviar production center using the roe of locally farmed sturgeons.

Two earthquakes rocked Ibaraki Prefecture and surrounding areas early on Aug. 19, prompting authorities to warn residents to stay alert for strong tremors over the next week. A magnitude-4.7 quake hit ...

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 ...

On New Year's Day, 150 people took part in a ceremony at Takahagi City in Ibaraki Prefecture. They paraded portable shrines ...

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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 fishing boat capsized off the coast of Kashima Port in Ibaraki Prefecture early Monday morning, leaving two dead and three others missing, according to the Japan Coast Guard's Ibaraki office. The ...

The time has come again for the annual ranking of how each of Japan’s 47 prefectures fares in terms of appeal points and overall attraction. Last year, the list was topped by Hokkaido Prefecture and ...

Presented by Japan Meteorological AgencyAccording to sources, the epicenter is northern Ibaraki Prefecture, the depth of the epicenter is 10 km, the magnitude is 6.3. Ibaraki prefecture Takahagi city ...

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 ...