The definition of "hikikomori"—people who avoid social participation and generally stay at home—according to criteria used by ...

Marking 80 years since the Tokyo air raids of World War II claimed approximately 100,000 lives, people gathered from the ...

A cat hangs out with her owners, a family of surfers who run a beach café. This cool cat gets along with her family's dog, too! Next, we meet a shy cat at a surfboard and skateboard shop.

Two earthquakes rocked Ibaraki Prefecture and surrounding areas early on Aug. 19, prompting authorities to warn residents to stay alert for strong tremors over the next week. A magnitude-4.7 quake ...

Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture has unveiled a proposal for its airport to become the third flight hub in the central Kanto region ...

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 ...

At around 1:20 p.m., a court official entered the apartment of Yuki Aibara, of no known occupation, and her daughter, 30-year ...

Ibaraki Prefectural Police have arrested a 45-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of murdering his 65-year-old mother, whose skeletal remains were found wrapped in a blue tarp in a field in the town ...