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In the News (Wed 25 Nov 09)

  
  FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Ibaraki Prefecture is well known throughout Japan as a hotbed of football activity, the town of Kashima in Ibaraki being home to the top J. League team, Kashima Antlers.
Ibaraki's knowledgeable fans are renowned for their devotion to football and their passion will be on full display when Ibaraki hosts three matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup™.
Ibaraki's capital city of Mito developed during the Japanese feudal period as the regional base for the ruling Tokugawa clan and was home to a thriving community of scholars, craftsmen, and artisans.
www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,24579,00.html   (481 words)

  
 Search Results for "Ibaraki"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ibaraki prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Naka River.
Ibaraki prefecture, central Honshu, E central Japan, 31 mi (50 km) S of Mito.
Ibaraki prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Kashima Sea.
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Ibaraki   (180 words)

  
 AIKIPORTAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Iwama is located in Ibaraki Prefecture in the northern Kanto area which lies in about the center of the Japanese Islands.
On the west is Tochigi Prefecture and on the south are Chiba and Saitama Prefectures, separated by the Tone river which covers the most area in Japan.
After the Tokugawa Shogunate Government collapsed, Ibaraki Prefecture was established in 1871 by the government and became its present size in 1875.
www.aikiportal.dk /main/Where_is_Iwama.htm   (570 words)

  
 Japan Inc.: Ibaraki fertile ground for international busine... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ibaraki is home to Tsukuba Science City, the nation's largest concentration of science and technology facilities and an international hub for high-level research.
Ibaraki is blessed with a diverse geography, including mountains, rivers, lakes and beaches, making it an ideal place to "get away from it all." Residents can spend their weekends hiking in the mountains near Tsukuba, golfing on one of the prefecture's many courses or baking on the beach in Hitachi.
Ibaraki is one of Japan's most fertile areas, ranking third in agricultural output.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:113526689&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (1441 words)

  
 Asia Times: Accident burns Ibaraki Prefecture's economy
TOKYO - The nuclear reaction triggered by a uranium plant accident in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, was contained by Friday morning, but the radiation leak could have burned the regional economy.
The prefectural government has been inspecting the extent of radioactive contamination since Thursday afternoon by gathering vegetables, soil and river water within a 5 kilometer radius of the site.
The economic impact is being mostly felt in farm produce, dealing a blow to a prefecture that relies heavily on the agricultural sector.
www.atimes.com /japan-econ/AJ05Dh01.html   (378 words)

  
 The World Cup in association with Eircom and MasterCard .. .. .. ..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Located in industrial Kashima City in the southwestern part of Ibaraki prefecture, Kashima Soccer Stadium is the home stadium for the famous football club, Kashima Antlers of the J-League, and was built exclusively for football.
Ibaraki prefecture is situated in the northeastern part of the Kanto area.
Kashima City, a central city in the southeastern part of Ibaraki prefecture is one of ten venues for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan.
www.rte.ie /sport/worldcup/venues/ibaraki.html   (266 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Chiba Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture.
Chiba borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north at the Tone River, Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture to the west at the Edo River, the Pacific Ocean to the east and Tokyo Bay around its southern boundary.
The most populous zone, in the northwest of the prefecture, is part of the Kanto plain that extends into the urban agglomeration of Tokyo and Saitama.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture   (498 words)

  
 Japan, Inc.: Opportunities for foreign companies in Japan's medical sector: a seminar hosted by Ibaraki Prefecture, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In this regard, the Ibaraki Prefecture Government, LINC Media and J@pan Inc. held at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on March 25 a seminar for foreign managers and professionals from the medical and related industries.
Apart from deregulatory initiatives adopted at the central level, prefectural governments are also riding on the wave of opportunity and actively courting foreign investments in areas such as advanced bio-medical research facilities and sophisticated medical technologies by offering attractive incentives and tax structures.
Ibaraki Prefecture offers superior infrastructure and logistical advantages such as proximity to port facilities, easy access to Tokyo International Airport in Narita (80 percent of its products are exports) and Tokyo and other major markets in the Kanto region.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NTN/is_64/ai_n14813543   (932 words)

  
 PORTS OF IBARAKI
Ibaraki Prefecture is attracting much attention as an area with vast potential for future development.
The southern end of prefecture is 40 km away from Metropolitan Tokyo.
The capitol of the prefecture; Mito City is located within 100km of Tokyo.
www.pref.ibaraki.jp /bukyoku/doboku/kowan/sitetop1/en.htm   (266 words)

  
 Search Results for Ibaraki - Encyclopædia Britannica
Ibaraki is bordered (south) by the Tone-gawa (Tone River)...
The western part of the city occupies hills that slope toward the rest of the city on the coast.
The eastern border with Ibaraki prefecture is formed by Mount Yamizo...
www.britannica.com /search?query=Ibaraki   (289 words)

  
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    MITO -- Scores of reports of a mysterious explosion were received from southeastern Ibaraki Prefecture and northeastern Chiba Prefecture late Monday night, police said Tuesday.
    Police said 60 of the 80 reports of the noise came from Ibaraki Prefecture, including one person who claimed to have seen a flashing blue light traveling from west to east in the sky.
    Ibaraki Prefectural Police headquarters officials said transportation and meteorology authorities had confirmed there had been no reported cases of problems with airplanes or the weather.
www.meteoritearticles.com /znp06172003.html   (163 words)

  
 Japan Fish Symbols (Geobop's Symbols)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In Ibaraki, it was reportedly adopted “for the purpose of attracting more attention to fish and have deepening the comprehension of beautiful rivers, the sea, and the marine products industry in Ibaraki.” The city with the highest rate of hirame consumption in Japan is Mito, the capital of Ibaraki.
The prefecture of Ibaraki also created a sort of logo or cartoon character that incorporates calligraphy in likening the fishes’ body to the hiragana symbol, from the first character in Ibaraki.
Tottori’s prefectural fish is listed as the “flatfish.” Because it’s described as one of the main cultivated fishes, known for its fine eating qualities, I suspect it may be the Japanese flounder, which represents Aomori and Ibaraki.
www.geobop.com /symbols/Animals/Fishes/world/japan   (1691 words)

  
 Ibaraki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ibaraki may refer to any of the following places in Japan:
Ibaraki Prefecture, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan
This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibaraki   (94 words)

  
 Ibaraki on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Les supporters argentins dans le stade Ibaraki avant le match Face à un Nigeria encore énigmatique, l'Argentine lève diman.
Japonaises aux couleurs de l'Argentine et du Nigéria à Ibaraki Face à un Nigeria encore énigmatique, l'Argentine lève dima.
A scale model of a five-story pagoda shakes during a simulated earthquake in an experiment Monday, December 14, 2004, in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Ibaraki.asp   (601 words)

  
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The surveillance for all chicken farms holding over 1000 chickens (excluding broiler farms) in Ibaraki prefecture was completed on 12 Sep 2005.
Furthermore, surveillance conducted at the national level, targeting commercial poultry farms (excluding broiler farms) in each prefecture, is due to be completed on 22 Sep 2005.
Ibaraki / Yasato town / farm / 8 Sep / avi /--/--/--/ appx 30 000 / -- Diagnosis: laboratory diagnosis.
www.promedmail.org /pls/promed/f?p=2400:1001:2248261688388785043::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,30496   (1001 words)

  
 Artificial infection suspected in Japanese bird flu outbreak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Since June, chickens in 28 poultry farms in Ibaraki Prefecture, a key production center of chickens in the country, and a poultry farm in Saitama Prefecture tested positive for the antibody of a virus, showing that chickens were infected in the past.
Farmers in Ibaraki Prefecture were perplexed by the possible use of unauthorized vaccines.
Ibaraki Prefecture may have been infected with a bird flu virus of the H5 strain in the past, the prefectural government said.
discuss.agonist.org /yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=23426   (2949 words)

  
 Ibaraki Prefecture Nature Museum
We reached the museum and nature park–planned and built by Ibaraki Prefecture over the course of nine years for the astounding price tag of almost two hundred million dollars– unsure what to expect.
The museum itself is roughly 8000 square meters, the surrounding grounds cover close to 17 hectares, and to say that it is phenomenally well done really does nothing but illustrate the poverty of words to describe impressive things.
What is also apparent is that the prefecture views the museum as an ongoing project.
www.fermatainc.com /tripdujour/nat_ibaraki.html   (1319 words)

  
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The diluted [attenuated?] strain of avian flu was 1st detected on 26 Jun 2005 at a chicken farm in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture.
Chickens at a total of 30 farms in the prefecture and neighboring Saitama Prefecture have since been confirmed to be infected.
In Ibaraki Prefecture, chickens at farms hit by avian flu account for a third of all hens in the prefecture.
www.promedmail.org /pls/promed/f?p=2400:1001:8046075911095122360::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,30305   (822 words)

  
 M E D I U M G R A I N R I C E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Farmers in Akita and Niigata prefectures poised to enter the harvest period have been forced to devise measures to protect their rice.
Thefts of just-harvested rice were reported in Kyoto and Shimane prefectures after predictions for a poor rice harvest were released in August.
The rice harvest index for Akita Prefecture, which is renowned for producing the Akitakomachi rice variety, stood at 96 this year, a relatively high figure compared with other prefectures in the Tohoku region.
www.mediumgrainrice.com /news/printarticle.asp?newsID=1645&arc=0   (435 words)

  
 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Minneapolitans were not the only ones celebrating the City of Lakes during the recent Aquatennial; residents of Ibaraki, Japan were also in town to honor Minneapolis - and add to Downtown's amenities.
Ibaraki is a city of 35,000 people in Ibaraki Prefecture (similar to a state) on Japan's east coast.
Ibaraki has given the Bell of Two Friends sculpture which stands on Nicollet Island, and announced another gift: a Japanese tea house to be constructed nearby.
www.skywaynews.net /articles/2005/08/01/news/news06.txt   (323 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Ibaraki
Ibaraki, city in south central Japan, on southwestern Honshū Island, in northern Ōsaka Prefecture.
Ibaraki-ken: Japan – prefectures and prefecture capital cities (table)
Tsukuba, city in central Japan on central Honshū Island, in southwestern Ibaraki Prefecture at the outer edge of the Tokyo metropolitan area.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Ibaraki.html   (74 words)

  
 Japanese Nuclear Accident Timeline of Events
Prefectural authorities in the adjacent town of Naka said the radiation level was rapidly increasing, based on observations of monitoring posts inside the town.
The agency's emergency headquarters issued an instruction to the Ibaraki prefectural government to dispatch ambulances for possible transportation of residents who may be exposed to radiation.
In Fukui Prefecture where nuclear facilities are concentrated, the delay of plutonium-thermal projects will lead to the postponement of other nuclear plans, such as the expansion of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s facilities in Tsuruga and the safety examination by authorities for the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute's Monju fast-breeder reactor.
www.isis-online.org /publications/tokai.html   (19716 words)

  
 Japan Times: Here's to the mother of all matsuri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of the highlights of the Hitachi Furyumono festival from Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a puppet play performed on a huge five layered float.
One of the most spectacular of these is Kanto Matsuri from Akita Prefecture, which features the balancing of tall bamboo poles hung with dozens of paper lanterns These poles, which are called kanto, can be as long as 10 meters; affixed to them are bamboo crosspieces nearly half as wide.
The event site, adjacent to the Ibaraki Prefectural Office, is a 20-minute bus ride from JR Mito Station on the JR Joban Line.
search.japantimes.co.jp /print/features/travel2004/fv20041015a1.htm   (1259 words)

  
 Inashiki District, Ibaraki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kasumigaura plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, and to reimburse...
Inashiki (稲敷郡;; -gun) is a district located in Ibaraki, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 127,380 and a density of 396.28 persons per km²;.
hallencyclopedia.com /Inashiki_District,_Ibaraki   (121 words)

  
 Prefectures (Japan)
IBARAKI japanese/english - Ibaraki Prefecture, while only about an hour away from Tokyo, is blessed with beautiful natural surroundings.
Kagoshima Prefecture 5 languages - Kagoshima Prefecture, the southern edge of mainland Japan..
Osaka japanese/english - Osaka Prefecture, located at the approximate center of Japan, is divided into 33 cities, 10 towns, and 1 village.
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