Ibaraki

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck southern Ibaraki Prefecture at 7:46 p.m. on June 16, 2026. It registered a lower 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, with no tsunami threat.

15 Mwezi wa sita, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI

Toyoji Sudo, mayor of a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, was found dead in a drainage ditch, with police believing the death to be a suicide.