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River floodgate blamed for sagging eel population

TSUKUBA, Japan - A floodgate at the mouth of the Hitachi-Tonegawa River flowing from Lake Kasumigaura in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, is shown on Aug. 19, 2014. The floodgate reportedly blocks eel fry from entering the lake, contributing to a decline in the eel population.

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3 go missing while fishing at breakwater in Ibaraki Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2009, shows the breakwater at Kashima Port in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, where three people believed to have been fishing on Dec. 12 have gone missing. Although the breakwater is a roped-off area, many people trespass there to go fishing.

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3 go missing while fishing at breakwater in Ibaraki Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers from police and coast guard search for three people who went missing at Kashima Port in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2009. The three are believed to have been fishing, possibly on a breakwater, on the evening of Dec. 12.

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Probe continues on Mitsubishi Chemical's ethylene plant fire

MITO, Japan - Fire investigators inspect the Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 24, two days after a fire gutted a cracking furnace used to refine naphtha and propylene. Four workers died in the blaze, which burned for 12 hours on Dec. 22.

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4th body found after Mitsubishi Chemical plant fire

KAMISU, Japan - Firefighters (C, below) examine a Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 22 after a fire at the plant the previous day. Firefighters have found a fourth body from the debris the same day.

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Mitsubishi Chemical plant in Ibaraki Pref. on fire

KAMISU, Japan - A fire broke out Dec. 21 at an ethylene plant of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, local authorities said.

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Ibaraki begins accepting applications for poison gas redress

KAMISU, Japan - A resident (R) of Kamisu town in Ibaraki Prefecture, one of 30 locals to have suffered from arsenic poisoning after drinking water from local wells, applies for a state package June 30 to cover medical costs related to health problems believed caused by poison gas abandoned by Japan's former military at the end of World War II.

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Gov't to pay medical costs for Ibaraki poison gas victims

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Shunichi Suzuki, at a news conference June 4 in Tokyo, announces an aid package for residents of Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, for their illnesses believed caused by poison gas abandoned by the Japanese military after World War II.

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Tohoku baseball club carries hopes and dreams of disaster victims

Photo taken March 15, 2016 shows players from the Fukushima Hopes semiprofessional baseball club at batting practice during a preseason camp in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abandoned chemical weapon causes disease, handicap

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Ozawa, a 40-year-old housewife living in the Kizaki area of the town of Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, talks about the fear of abandoned chemical weapons near a make-shift dome in which the Environment Agency is conducting an investigation by digging around a well in which arsenic was detected. (Kyodo)

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Probe continues on Mitsubishi Chemical's ethylene plant fire

MITO, Japan - Fire investigators inspect the Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 24, two days after a fire gutted a cracking furnace used to refine naphtha and propylene. Four workers died in the blaze, which burned for 12 hours on Dec. 22. (Kyodo)

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4th body found after Mitsubishi Chemical plant fire

KAMISU, Japan - Firefighters (C, below) examine a Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 22 after a fire at the plant the previous day. Firefighters have found a fourth body from the debris the same day. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Chemical plant in Ibaraki Pref. on fire

KAMISU, Japan - A fire broke out Dec. 21 at an ethylene plant of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, local authorities said. (Kyodo)

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Body believed to be that of missing student found

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2019, shows police officers setting up a crime scene in a field in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, where a body believed to be that of a missing 19-year-old female university student was found earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Body believed to be that of missing student found

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2019, shows police officers setting up a crime scene in a field in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, where a body believed to be that of a missing 19-year-old female university student was found earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Body believed to be that of missing student found

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2019, shows police officers setting up a crime scene in a field in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, where a body believed to be that of a missing 19-year-old female university student was found earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Body believed to be that of missing student found

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers setting up a crime scene in a field in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, where a body believed to be that of a missing 19-year-old female university student was found earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Body believed to be that of missing student found

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers setting up a crime scene in a field in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, where a body believed to be that of a missing 19-year-old female university student was found earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Body believed to be that of missing student found

Photo taken Jan. 31, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers setting up a crime scene in a field in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, where a body believed to be that of a missing 19-year-old female university student was found earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Kashima Antlers defender Atsuto Uchida

Kashima Antlers defender Atsuto Uchida speaks at a press conference held to unveil the team for the new season in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture on Jan. 18, 2017. Uchida recently rejoined the eight-time J-League champions after seven and a half years playing in Germany. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 go missing while fishing at breakwater in Ibaraki Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2009, shows the breakwater at Kashima Port in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, where three people believed to have been fishing on Dec. 12 have gone missing. Although the breakwater is a roped-off area, many people trespass there to go fishing. (Kyodo)

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3 go missing while fishing at breakwater in Ibaraki Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers from police and coast guard search for three people who went missing at Kashima Port in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2009. The three are believed to have been fishing, possibly on a breakwater, on the evening of Dec. 12. (Kyodo)

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Ibaraki begins accepting applications for poison gas redress

KAMISU, Japan - A resident (R) of Kamisu town in Ibaraki Prefecture, one of 30 locals to have suffered from arsenic poisoning after drinking water from local wells, applies for a state package June 30 to cover medical costs related to health problems believed caused by poison gas abandoned by Japan's former military at the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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Gov't to pay medical costs for Ibaraki poison gas victims

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Shunichi Suzuki, at a news conference June 4 in Tokyo, announces an aid package for residents of Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, for their illnesses believed caused by poison gas abandoned by the Japanese military after World War II. (Kyodo)