Ibaraki
(2002 est. pop. 3.1 million). Ibaraki Prefecture is situated in the central region of Japan's island of Honshu, where it occupies an area of 6,095 square kilometers. Ibaraki's ma...
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4 on boat of unknown origin say in Korean they are from N. Korea
AOMORI, Japan - Four people who entered a port in northern
Japan's Aomori Prefecture in an open boat of unknown n...
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Four people believed to be a family of North Koreans seeking
asylum were moved Wednesday to a facility of the Justice Ministry's
Immigration Bureau in...
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Japanese police have decided to offer a maximum of 1 million yen
in reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the
death of a British woman in Chiba Prefecture in March, Nat...
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Shingo Katayama overcame some shakiness to make a major move for
his first title of the year as he grabbed a two-shot lead going into
the final round of the UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship o...
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A political funds scandal surfaced Saturday involving farm
minister Norihiko Akagi, who took over the post in June after his
predecessor committed suicide amid ...
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Farm minister Norihiko Agaki, who has been under fire over a
political fund scandal, doubly booked nearly 200,000 yen in mail
costs in 2003 by attaching photocopies of ...
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Ibaraki
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