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IBARAKI

Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 20, 2018
Kumamoto ready to stake claim on upcoming B2 season
A week before the B. League's top flight gets underway, the second division opens its 2018-19 campaign on Sept. 28.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2018
Filipino man admits to 2004 murder and rape of female student in Japan
A 36-year-old Filipino man admitted in court Tuesday to raping and murdering a female Ibaraki University student in January 2004, while his defense team claimed that he was influenced by two accomplices.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 5, 2018
Globetrotting Rick Rickert reaches end of the line after 15 seasons as pro player
After a decade and a half as a globetrotting pro basketball player, Rick Rickert has decided that it's time to begin the next phase of his life.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2018
Nuclear watchdog OKs restart of aging tsunami-hit Tokai nuclear plant
Despite winning approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority, the plant still needs to clear two more screenings by November, when it will turn 40 years old.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 26, 2018
Rickert, Ibaraki riding 13-game win streak
The determined, cohesive Ibaraki Robots have entered the second-division playoff picture with a spectacular run in recent weeks.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2018
Removal of spent fuel from Fukui's defunct Fugen reactor delayed by nine years
The transfer of spent nuclear fuel from the Fugen converter reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, will be postponed for nine years until a new reprocessing facility can be chosen, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2018
Ibaraki nuclear plant used erroneous fuel rod data for over 40 years, utility says
For more than 40 years, Japan Atomic Power Co. used erroneous data regarding the location of nuclear fuel rods within the reactor at its Tokai No. 2 power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, the company has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2017
Tokai nuclear plant operator files request to extend operation of aging reactor
The utility operating the sole reactor at the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture on Friday filed for state approval to extend the unit's operation beyond the government-mandated 40-year limit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2017
20-year extension to be sought for aging Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant
Japan Atomic Power Co. plans to file Friday an application with the Nuclear Regulation Authority seeking approval for a 20-year extension to the operational life of its aging Tokai No. 2 power station in Ibaraki Prefecture, the operator said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2017
Man admits torching Ibaraki flat with wife, five kids inside
A 32-year-old man who claimed to have deliberately started a blaze in an apartment in Ibaraki Prefecture early Friday morning where six people were found dead turned himself in to police.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2017
Yoshitomo Tokugawa, great-grandson of last shogun, dies at 67
Yoshitomo Tokugawa, a photographer and great-grandson of the last shogun, died of a heart attack Monday, people close to him said Wednesday. He was 67.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2017
Filipino man held in alleged murder of Ibaraki student in 2004
The Ibaraki Prefectural Police on Saturday arrested a Filipino man suspected of killing a 21-year-old woman in 2004.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2017
Medical tours linked to cord blood arrests
Foreign nationals accounted for about 30 percent of patients who received unauthorized therapies based on blood from umbilical cords and placenta sold by a dealer now under arrest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2017
Ibaraki Gov. Hashimoto denied seventh term after losing to ruling coalition-backed rookie
In a tight race Sunday, former businessman and trade bureaucrat Kazuhiko Oigawa won the Ibaraki gubernatorial election, giving a lift to the struggling Liberal Democratic Party and denying Gov. Masaru Hashimoto a record seventh consecutive term.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2017
Ex-ministry bureaucrat Oigawa on course to oust six-term governor in Ibaraki Prefecture
Kazuhiko Oigawa, a former trade ministry bureaucrat, looks almost certain to beat six-term incumbent Masaru Hashimoto in Ibaraki Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2017
As election gears up, governor vows to block reactor restart at Tokai nuclear plant
Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto said Thursday he will not consent to restarting the sole reactor at the Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant in the village of Tokai, which went offline in March 2011 after a nuclear disaster unfolded in neighboring Fukushima Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 31, 2017
Ibaraki school, education board hit for concealing girl's bullying-linked suicide when probing classmates
School officials in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, looking into the 2015 death of a 15-year-old schoolgirl concealed the fact that she committed suicide while surveying her classmates and parents, it has been learned.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 27, 2017
Families clash with outside panels probing extreme cases of bullying
The parents of Naoko Nakashima, who killed herself at age 15, were furious at the type of questions asked by members of a third-party panel tasked with looking into their daughter's death.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 24, 2017
What will we eat when all the food runs out?
Last week, the Yukan Fuji (June 20) reported that 20 outlets in the Kappa Sushi conveyor belt sushi chain in east and west Japan are promoting an all-you-can-eat special, with patrons from middle-school age to 64 years charged ¥1,706 (boys and men) or ¥1,490 (girls and women). Seniors over 65 can partake...
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2017
Ibaraki plumber, 31, arrested over video of child on his lap driving car
A 31-year-old plumber in Ibaraki Prefecture was arrested on Sunday for letting a child sitting on his lap drive a car.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
Amid same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings'
A lesbian couple, consisting of a 35-year-old woman (left) and 40-year-old woman, cover their faces with bouquets as they pose for wedding photos in Yokohama on Nov. 1.
China and Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
The Russian corvette Gromkiy enters the Chinese port of Zhanjiang as part of a joint China-Russia naval exercise on Saturday.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.
How to tweak your diet when temperatures spike
Most people think of hydration as a strictly liquid-based concept, but eating foods with high water content is an essential part of making it through a Japanese summer unscathed.

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