Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's history, culture, and natural beauty.

A real estate manager and her mother in the eastern Japan city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, have been arrested for ...

Hirobumi Komatsu, 36, was found guilty of repeatedly stabbing his wife, 33, and the children, who were between the ages of 3 and 11, with a knife on Oct. 6, 2017, at his home in Hitachi ...

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Ibaraki Prefecture--City officials here may end up doing desk work on weekdays and serving as golf caddies or greenskeepers on weekends. Home to several historic courses ...

Nuclear fuel debris that was extracted from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last year has been revealed to ...

Two people died, and three others were missing after a fishing boat with 20 people aboard capsized off Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan early Monday, the local coast guard office said. Seventeen ...

In the heyday, there were more than 50 producers in Hitachi-Ota, Ibaraki Prefecture, but it has been produced less and less because of the difficult work and harsh climate in winter. Toshi said ...

Japan's B-League announced Thursday that its top-tier basketball teams in Ibaraki and Kyoto will play in the B-League Premier, its rebranded top-flight competition, when it launches in 2026.