Kitaibaraki (北茨城市; -shi) is a city located on the Pacific Ocean in Ibaraki, Japan, between the cities of Hitachi and Iwaki.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 50,778 and the density of 272.28 persons per km².
Kitaibaraki is located on the Joban Line and Joban Expressway, both of which connect it to Tokyo, Mito and Iwaki.
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Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province, until the abolition of the Han system in 1871.
Ibaraki Prefecture is the northeastern part of the Kanto region, stretching between Tochigi Prefecture and the Pacific Ocean and bounded on the north and south by Fukushima Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture.
Ibaraki's population is increasing modestly as the Greater Tokyo region spreads out.
KITAIBARAKI, Ibaraki -- A group of junior high school pupils who fell ill earlier this year have been confirmed as Japan's first group outbreak of a potentially deadly measles virus, health officials said Friday.
The 109 pupils from Kitaibaraki who fell ill from February to April were afflicted with a H-1 measles virus of a type that has struck widely in China and South Korea.
Kitaibaraki Municipal Government officials said the prefectural government will examine why so many of the 109 pupils fell ill even though they had received shots to prevent them from picking up measles.
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The Hitachi company was founded in the Ibaraki city of the same name.
Famous foods of Ibaraki include natto, of Mito, the watermelons produced in Kyowa (recently merged into Chikusei), and the chestnuts grown in the Nishiibaraki region.
However, the correct pronunciation is "Ibaraki." According to the author of "Not Ibaragi, Ibaraki" (いばらぎじゃなくていばらき ibaragi ja nakute ibaraki) [1], this is most likely due to a mishearing of the softening of the 'k' sound in Ibaraki dialect.
Kitasouma (北相馬郡;; -gun) is a district located in Ibaraki, Japan.
Following the merger of Fujishiro into Toride, but as of 2003 population data, the district has an estimated population of 18,258 and a density of 733.25 persons per km².
Kitasouma District, Ibaraki, Towns and villages, Mergers and Districts in Ibaraki Prefecture.
The cable will also facilitate interconnection to other existing and future cable facilities throughout the region.
Japan-U.S. landing points include U.S.-based stations in Manchester and Morro Bay, Calif. and Makaha, Hawaii; Shima South (Mie Prefecture), Maruyama (Chiba Prefecture) and Kitaibaraki (Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan.
Williams Communication was granted a Type I facilities-based operators license in February, allowing the company to establish a base of operations in Japan and transport traffic from Japan to its U.S. backbone in a full-circuit configuration via an undersea fiber-optic cable linking the two countries.
TAB Venue - Tenshin Memorial Museum Of Art, Ibaraki
Tenshin Memorial Museum Of Art, Ibaraki not only displays the works of Okakura Tenshin and the artists of Izura,but also offers an opportunity to appreciate the fine arts and information about Japanese art.
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TAKEUCHI, M. MAKITA, and K. Opto-electronics Research Laboratories NEC Corporation, 34 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
Present address: Opto-electronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 34 Miyukigaoka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan.
The growth mode transition processes of GaAs heteroepitaxial growth on an InP substrate were investigated using a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) multi-chamber system equipped with a molecular beam epitaxy facility.
Japan's TDK to double OEL panel production in 2006 - report
TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - TDK Corp (Nachrichten) will build another facility at its production site in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, to double output capacity for organic electroluminescent (OEL) panels by 2006, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.
The newspaper said in its online edition that TDK will invest 3.5 bln yen in the 1200 sq m plant.