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

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

Culling ancient works from the Asia Society’s collection, Rina Banerjee, Howardena Pindell, and Byron Kim look to the past to challenge ideas of identity and authenticity.

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 ...

The 18-year-old prince, nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the throne, is scheduled to enter the University of Tsukuba in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, next month.

A subcommittee of the Central Council for Education, the education ministry's advisory body, has drafted a proposal to ...

The airport in Omitama, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, served some 750,000 passengers in fiscal 2023, close to the target of 810,000 set when it began operating. Management hopes to raise the ...

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