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IBARAKI

JAPAN
May 10, 2020
Ibaraki — Japan’s ‘least attractive prefecture’ — struggles to shed label
When the Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly broached the subject of renaming Ibaraki Airport as “Tokyo North Airport” last year, the debate touched a raw nerve for residents in the much-maligned prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2020
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake jolts Tokyo area
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit Ibaraki Prefecture at 9:49 a.m. Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2020
Japan's first whole genome-sequencing service for 'precision medicine' eyed for June launch
Japan's first whole genome-sequencing service for public use will be launched as early as June.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2019
Ibaraki's Aqua World aquarium plans first whale shark display in eastern Japan
The Ibaraki Prefectural Government is planning to showcase a whale shark at an aquarium in the prefecture, officials said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2019
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake jolts Ibaraki Prefecture area
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake, which measured shindo 3 on the Japanese intensity scale, was detected at a depth of 60 km in northern Ibaraki Prefecture, on Monday at 1:02 a.m.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2019
Driver in Ibaraki Prefecture road-rage case handed new arrest warrant on charges of intimidation
Police in Ibaraki Prefecture on Sunday served a new arrest warrant on charges of intimidation on a man suspected in a violent road-rage case on an expressway in the prefecture last month.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 31, 2019
Road rage coverage reveals gulf in awareness of traffic rules in Japan
For the past several weeks, media organizations in Japan have been obsessed with a road rage incident that happened in Ibaraki Prefecture on Aug. 10, when a 43-year-old man forcibly stopped another driver on the Joban Expressway and assaulted him as he sat in his car.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2019
Rare Japan road-rage manhunt prompts national debate over dangerous driving
The National Public Safety Commission says it “tightened” its approach toward dangerous driving in January 2018.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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