A deeper transformation of Japan’s work culture is essential to address falling birth rates, says political scientist Yasuo ...

Ibaraki Prefecture relinquished its “least attractive” title among Japan’s 47 prefectures following a local promotional effort that was tongue in cheek at times. The prefecture northeast of ...

The prefecture is just north ... the second largest freshwater body in Japan behind Shiga’s Lake Biwa. Northwest from the lake stands Mount Tsukuba, Ibaraki’s most celebrated peak, which ...

Seventy racing pigeons worth about 1.4 million yen (roughly $9,600) were stolen from a 73-year-old farmer in the city of ...

This is Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan.S/ Here's an extra on Onosato.S/ Yay! Thank you.The ...

Police in Hokota, Ibaraki Prefecture, are investigating the theft of 600 unharvested ... According to the prefecture, Hokota City has the largest shipment of melons in Japan. NHK reported that similar ...

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 ...

TOKYO : An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 hit Japan's Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Police in Yuki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, said Tuesday they have arrested a 38-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he hit a 53-year-old man with his car following a traffic ...