A pet dog in Ibaraki Prefecture has been confirmed to have contracted a potentially fatal tick-transmitted disease, according ...

A December 2024 fire at a waste processing plant here was likely caused by a lithium-ion battery improperly mixed into ...

Ibaraki Prefecture has reclaimed the dubious honor of least attractive of Japan’s 47 prefectures, according to an annual survey — one year after losing its cellar-dweller title to Saga Prefecture.

MITO -- Japan's 2022 "prefectural attractiveness ranking" was called "not worthy of comment" by the governor of Ibaraki Prefecture even after it moved the region up to second-last spot. Japan has ...

Eneos Corp. and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ( MCC) recently announced the completion of construction on their chemical ...

teamLab is set to unveil a new permanent exhibition in Izura, a picturesque coastal spot in Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture. Entitled teamLab: Hidden Traces of Rice Terraces, the immersive exhibition ...

MITO, Japan -- Regular flights between Japan's Ibaraki Airport and South Korea are set to resume next month thanks to fans of the prefecture's golf sc ...

More than 3,000 cabbages have been stolen from three farms in Ibaraki Prefecture during the past week just before they were ready to be harvested. Police said 1,200 cabbages, valued at 600,000 yen, ...

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 ...