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Mito clan's Kodokan school repaired

MITO, Japan - Ibaraki Governor Masaru Hashimoto speaks during a ceremony in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 27, 2014, to commemorate the repair of the Kodokan, the Mito clan's school for the feudal domains in the 19th century that was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The school, opened in 1841, was closed in 1872.

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Myanmar Airways to start flights to Japan

MITO, Japan - Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (L) and Khin Maung Latt (R), chairman of Myanmar Airways International, hold a press conference at the Ibaraki prefectural hall in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2013. They agreed on the launch of regular flights linking Yangon and Ibaraki Airport.

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Ibaraki Airport wins low-cost airport of year award

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (R) attends an award ceremony in Singapore on Oct. 20, 2011, as Ibaraki Airport in his prefecture won the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation's best low-cost airport of the year award. The airport, which opened in March 2010 in Ibaraki Prefecture about 40 kilometers outside Tokyo, received the award for being the most ''innovative and influential'' airport in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Sydney-based CAPA.

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Spring Airlines flight arrives in Ibaraki

TOKYO, Japan - Spring Airlines President Wang Zhenghua (C) and Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (2nd from L) attend a ceremony at Ibaraki airport, northeast of Tokyo, on July 28, 2010, to mark the arrival of the first flight of the Chinese budget airline from Shanghai. Spring Airlines became the second foreign airline to operate flights to Ibaraki.

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6 Kanto region governors visit contentious Yamba Dam site

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Six governors from the Kanto region -- (from L to R) Tomikazu Fukuda of Tochigi Prefecture, Masaru Hashimoto of Ibaraki Prefecture, Kensaku Morita of Chiba Prefecture, Shintaro Ishihara of Tokyo, Masaaki Osawa of Gunma Prefecture and Kiyoshi Ueda of Saitama Prefecture -- are briefed by a land ministry official on the Yamba Dam project in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2009, as they visit the planned construction site.

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Asiana the only airline set to fly into Ibaraki airport

MITO, Japan - Asiana Airlines Managing Director Hyun Dong Silk (R) and Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto announced at a news conference in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Feb. 2 that Asiana would fly one flight daily from Incheon to Ibaraki airport after its opening in March next year.

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Ibaraki to reopen nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

MITO, Japan - Tokaimura Mayor Tatsuya Murakami (L) delivers notification Nov. 10 to Yasumasa Togo (R), head of the state-run Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute which operates a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Ibaraki Prefecture village, allowing it to reopen the plant. The plant has been closed since a fire and explosion accident in March 1997, which exposed 37 workers to high levels of radiation. Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (C) looks on.

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Ibaraki gov. calls for Obuchi to boost nuclear safety

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Hashimoto (C), governor of Ibaraki Prefecture, submits to Prime Minster Keizo Obuchi (L) on Oct. 4 a letter calling for the government to step up nuclear safety in the wake of the Sept. 30 nuclear accident at a uranium-processing plant in Tokaimura in the prefecture. Science and Technology Agency chief Akito Arima (R) looks on.

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Ex-director Hayami to replace Matsushita

Masaru Hayami, a former Bank of Japan (BOJ) executive director, speaks to the press March 16 in front of his residence in Tokyo after Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto decided to replace Yasuo Matsushita as governor of the central bank.

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Ex-director Hayami to replace Ma

Masaru Hayami, a former Bank of Japan (BOJ) executive director, speaks to the press March 16 in front of his residence in Tokyo after Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto decided to replace Yasuo Matsushita as governor of the central bank.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kairakuen garden in Mito

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) speaks with Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto at the Kairakuen Japanese garden in Mito on March 9, 2015. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ibaraki Airport wins low-cost airport of year award

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (R) attends an award ceremony in Singapore on Oct. 20, 2011, as Ibaraki Airport in his prefecture won the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation's best low-cost airport of the year award. The airport, which opened in March 2010 in Ibaraki Prefecture about 40 kilometers outside Tokyo, received the award for being the most ''innovative and influential'' airport in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Sydney-based CAPA. (Kyodo)

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Spring Airlines flight arrives in Ibaraki

TOKYO, Japan - Spring Airlines President Wang Zheng Hua (C) and Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (2nd from L) attend a ceremony at Ibaraki airport, northeast of Tokyo, on July 28, 2010, to mark the arrival of the first flight of the Chinese budget airline from Shanghai. Spring Airlines became the second foreign airline to operate flights to Ibaraki. (Kyodo)

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Olympics: IOC OKs Kashima Stadium for soccer at Tokyo 2020

Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto receives a call from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizing committee at the prefectural office on July 10, 2017, informing him that the International Olympic Committee has approved Kashima Stadium as an Olympic soccer venue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6 Kanto region governors visit contentious Yamba Dam site

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Six governors from the Kanto region -- (from L to R) Tomikazu Fukuda of Tochigi Prefecture, Masaru Hashimoto of Ibaraki Prefecture, Kensaku Morita of Chiba Prefecture, Shintaro Ishihara of Tokyo, Masaaki Osawa of Gunma Prefecture and Kiyoshi Ueda of Saitama Prefecture -- are briefed by a land ministry official on the Yamba Dam project in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2009, as they visit the planned construction site. (Kyodo)

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Ibaraki to reopen nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

MITO, Japan - Tokaimura Mayor Tatsuya Murakami (L) delivers notification Nov. 10 to Yasumasa Togo (R), head of the state-run Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute which operates a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Ibaraki Prefecture village, allowing it to reopen the plant. The plant has been closed since a fire and explosion accident in March 1997, which exposed 37 workers to high levels of radiation. Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (C) looks on.

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Ibaraki gov. calls for Obuchi to boost nuclear safety

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Hashimoto (C), governor of Ibaraki Prefecture, submits to Prime Minster Keizo Obuchi (L) on Oct. 4 a letter calling for the government to step up nuclear safety in the wake of the Sept. 30 nuclear accident at a uranium-processing plant in Tokaimura in the prefecture. Science and Technology Agency chief Akito Arima (R) looks on.