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Fund scandal hits Abe's Cabinet, farm minister denies allegation

CHIKUSEI, Japan - Photo taken July 7, 2007, shows the house where the parents of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi live in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. A political organization supporting him registered the home as its office and booked some 123 million yen in rent, utilities and other costs from 1990 to 2005 despite the fact the house is not actually used in that way, sources familiar with the issue told Kyodo News.

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Igawa meets with fans at New Year party in native Ibaraki

CHIKUSEI, Japan - New York Yankees pitcher Kei Igawa shakes hand with a fan in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 4 at a New Year party hosted by the local Hanshin Tigers fan club. Igawa, a native of Ibaraki, was with the Tigers before he signed up with the Yankees last November.

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River Flooding In Eastern Japan Leaves Dozens Of Residents Stranded

IBARAKI, JAPAN - SEP. 10: A major river in eastern Japan breached its banks on Thursday following torrential rain, flooding hundreds of home and leaving at least one person missing and dozens still stranded. Police in Ibaraki Prefecture, where an emergency warning was issued Thursday, said a total of 40 people who were stranded after flood waters poured over the Kinugawa River have been rescued so far by helicopter, but that 50 are still waiting to be rescued from the roof of a supermarket. The river's banks were breached in Joso, about 45 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, after the river overflowed dikes at three spots, including Joso and Chikusei,

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Igawa meets with fans at New Year party in native Ibaraki

CHIKUSEI, Japan - New York Yankees pitcher Kei Igawa shakes hand with a fan in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Jan. 4 at a New Year party hosted by the local Hanshin Tigers fan club. Igawa, a native of Ibaraki, was with the Tigers before he signed up with the Yankees last November. (Kyodo)

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Fund scandal hits Abe's Cabinet, farm minister denies allegation

CHIKUSEI, Japan - Photo taken July 7, 2007, shows the house where the parents of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi live in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. A political organization supporting him registered the home as its office and booked some 123 million yen in rent, utilities and other costs from 1990 to 2005 despite the fact the house is not actually used in that way, sources familiar with the issue told Kyodo News. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Tsukuba

Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2021, in Chikusei in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows Mt. Tsukuba.

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Japan's 1st postwar plane

Photo taken July 11, 2020, shows Japan's first postwar mass-produced passenger plane, the YS-11, at Hirosawa City theme park in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. The reassembling process will be shown free of charge until July 26.

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Japan's 1st postwar plane

Visitors see the reassembling of Japan's first postwar mass-produced passenger plane, the YS-11, on July 11, 2020, at Hirosawa City theme park in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. The process will be shown free of charge until July 26.

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Japan's 1st postwar plane

Visitors see the reassembling of Japan's first postwar mass-produced passenger plane, the YS-11, on July 11, 2020, at Hirosawa City theme park in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. The process will be shown free of charge until July 26.

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YS-11 airplane

The first model of the YS-11 twin-propeller plane, which retired in 1998 and is now under disassembling, is unveiled to the media at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2020. The YS-11, the first passenger plane built in postwar Japan, will be transported to and reassembled at the Hirosawa City theme park in Chikusei in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, for permanent display to the public. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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YS-11 airplane

The first model of the YS-11 twin-propeller plane, which retired in 1998 and is now under disassembling, is unveiled to the media at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2020. The YS-11, the first passenger plane built in postwar Japan, will be transported to and reassembled at the Hirosawa City theme park in Chikusei in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, for permanent display to the public. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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YS-11 airplane

The first model of the YS-11 twin-propeller plane, which retired in 1998 and is now under disassembling, is unveiled to the media at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2020. The YS-11, the first passenger plane built in postwar Japan, will be transported to and reassembled at the Hirosawa City theme park in Chikusei in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, for permanent display to the public. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crop-dusting helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken July 29, 2019, shows a crop-dusting helicopter that crashed into a paddy field in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, after it apparently struck a power line. The 49-year-old pilot didn't sustain any life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crop-dusting helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken July 29, 2019, shows a crop-dusting helicopter that crashed into a paddy field in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, after it apparently struck a power line. The 49-year-old pilot didn't sustain any life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crop-dusting helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken July 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crop-dusting helicopter that crashed into a paddy field in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, after it apparently struck a power line. The 49-year-old pilot didn't sustain any life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crop-dusting helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken July 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crop-dusting helicopter that crashed into a paddy field in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, after it apparently struck a power line. The 49-year-old pilot didn't sustain any life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crop-dusting helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken July 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crop-dusting helicopter that crashed into a paddy field in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, after it apparently struck a power line. The 49-year-old pilot didn't sustain any life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crop-dusting helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken July 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crop-dusting helicopter that crashed into a paddy field in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, after it apparently struck a power line. The 49-year-old pilot didn't sustain any life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo