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Japan: Severe Storms Hit Ibaraki With Lightning, Hail, and Power Outages

Ibaraki Prefecture, located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast, experienced highly unstable atmospheric conditions, bringing intense rain clouds and numerous lightning strikes Thursday afternoon, September 18. By 3:20 p.m., over 20,000 households were reported without power. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a Tornado Advisory for the entire prefecture at 1:06 p.m. Videos shared on social media showed heavy rain, strong winds, hail, and lightning striking the region, highlighting the severity of the storm.

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Hunter’s Supermoon Illuminates Night Skies 4

October's full moon, known as the Hunter's Moon, illuminated the night skies on October 17. This full moon is the closest supermoon to Earth of the year.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai, 64, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in a retrial acquitted Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama, also 64, of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takao Sugiyama, 64, wipes his tears during a press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in a retrial acquitted Sugiyama, and Shoji Sakurai, also 64, of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (R) and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, shake hands after finishing their press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court acquitted them in a retrial of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

MITO, Japan - This file photo shows postcards that Shoji Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, sent to each other while they were detained in isolation cells at the Tokyo Detention House. On May 24, 2011, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court acquitted them of murder in a retrial, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. The two men had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 1970 for the August 1967 robbery and murder of Shoten Tamamura, a 62-year-old carpenter, and were freed on parole in 1996.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (L) and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, emerge from the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in Ibaraki Prefecture after the branch court acquitted them in a retrial of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. The two men had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 1970 for the August 1967 robbery and murder of Shoten Tamamura, a 62-year-old carpenter. They were freed on parole in 1996.

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2 men acquitted in retrial after nearly 30 years in prison

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takao Sugiyama (L) and Shoji Sakurai, both 64, answer reporters' questions in front of the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in Ibaraki Prefecture on May 24, 2011. The court later handed down their acquittals in a retrial of a 1967 murder-robbery case. The two men served nearly 30 years in prison over the so-called Fukawa case.

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Murder case retrial

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (L) and Takao Sugiyama answer questions from reporters before the opening of their retrial at the Mito District Court's Tsuchiura branch on July 9, 2010. The convicts in the so-called Fukawa case -- a 1967 murder-robbery case in Ibaraki Prefecture -- are expected to be acquitted through the retrial.

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Murder case retrial

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (L) and Takao Sugiyama answer questions from reporters before the opening of their retrial at the Mito District Court's Tsuchiura branch on July 9, 2010. The convicts in the so-called Fukawa case -- a 1967 murder-robbery case in Ibaraki Prefecture -- are expected to be acquitted through the retrial.

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Typhoon makes landfall in Japan

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Walls of a third-floor room of a house were blown away by tornado-like wind in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2009, as Typhoon Melor made landfall in Japan earlier in the day.

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Typhoon makes landfall in Japan

TSUCHIURA, Japan - A garage was destroyed due to tornado-like wind in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2009, as Typhoon Melor made landfall in Japan earlier in the day.

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Typhoon makes landfall in Japan

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Firefighters remove a traffic signal that fell down due to tornado-like wind in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2009, as Typhoon Melor made landfall in Japan earlier in the day.

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Typhoon lands in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Material from a house hangs over a utility pole that is leaning due to strong winds caused by Typhoon Melor on Oct. 8, 2009, in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Prayers at site of random stabbing assault at Ibaraki shopping mall

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Prayers are offered on March 24 at the site where one man was killed and seven others injured after they were stabbed apparently at random near a shopping mall in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture the previous day. Police arrested a 24-year-old man who had been placed on the wanted list over a previous random assault in the city that resulted in the death of a 72-year-old man.

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1 dead, 7 injured in stabbing rampage at Ibaraki shopping mall

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takashi Ishii, head of criminal investigations at the Ibaraki Prefectural Police Department, speaks at a news conference at Tsuchiura police station in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 23 about the stabbings of eight people at the Sanparu shopping mall in Tsuchiura earlier in the day. One person died later in hospital and another was in a serious condition as a result of the incident.

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Murder suspect held after mall attack leaves 1 dead, 7 injured

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Police officers examine the scene outside the Sanparu shopping mall in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, where eight people, including a police officer, were stabbed in the morning of March 23. A 24-year-old man, Masahiro Kanagawa, who had been wanted by police in connection with a murder case, was arrested later in the day for allegedly committing the stabbing spree. One of those injured in the attack, 27-year-old Takahiro Yamagami, died later in hospital.

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Suspect in Ibaraki stabbing rampage sent to public prosecutors

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Masahiro Kanagawa (L), 24, emerges from the Tsuchiura police station on March 25 for transfer to the Ibaraki District Prosecutors Office to face charges of attempted murder for allegedly stabbing eight people at random in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture on March 23. Kanagawa, who also allegedly stabbed a 72-year-old man in Tsuchiura to death on March 19, was arrested shortly after the stabbing rampage at the JR Arakawaoki Station and the adjacent Samparu shopping mall. One 27-year-old man died in the incident. (Kyodo)

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Suspect in Ibaraki stabbing rampage sent to public prosecutors

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Masahiro Kanagawa (L), 24, emerges from the Tsuchiura police station on March 25 for transfer to the Ibaraki District Prosecutors Office to face charges of attempted murder for allegedly stabbing eight people at random in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture on March 23. Kanagawa, who also allegedly stabbed a 72-year-old man in Tsuchiura to death on March 19, was arrested shortly after the stabbing rampage at the JR Arakawaoki Station and the adjacent Samparu shopping mall. One 27-year-old man died in the incident. (Kyodo)

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1 dead, 7 injured in stabbing rampage at Ibaraki shopping mall

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takashi Ishii, head of criminal investigations at the Ibaraki Prefectural Police Department, speaks at a news conference at Tsuchiura police station in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 23 about the stabbings of eight people at the Sanparu shopping mall in Tsuchiura earlier in the day. One person died later in hospital and another was in a serious condition as a result of the incident. (Kyodo)

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Prayers at site of random stabbing assault at Ibaraki shopping m

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Prayers are offered on March 24 at the site where one man was killed and seven others injured after they were stabbed apparently at random near a shopping mall in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture the previous day. Police arrested a 24-year-old man who had been placed on the wanted list over a previous random assault in the city that resulted in the death of a 72-year-old man. (Kyodo)

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Masahiro Kanagawa, suspect in Ibaraki mall stabbing spree

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Masahiro Kanagawa, 24, who was arrested on March 23 after allegedly stabbing eight people with a knife near the Sanparu shopping mall in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture earlier in the day. Kanagawa was placed on the police wanted list on March 21 on suspicion of stabbing to death 72-year-old Tsuchiura resident Yoshikazu Miura on March 19. One of the eight people injured on March 23 died later in hospital. Kyodo)

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Typhoon makes landfall in Japan

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Walls of a third-floor room of a house were blown away by tornado-like wind in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2009, as Typhoon Melor made landfall in Japan earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon makes landfall in Japan

TSUCHIURA, Japan - A garage was destroyed due to tornado-like wind in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2009, as Typhoon Melor made landfall in Japan earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon makes landfall in Japan

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Firefighters remove a traffic signal that fell down due to tornado-like wind in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2009, as Typhoon Melor made landfall in Japan earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon lands in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Material from a house hangs over a utility pole that is leaning due to strong winds caused by Typhoon Melor on Oct. 8, 2009, in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Murder case retrial

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (L) and Takao Sugiyama answer questions from reporters before the opening of their retrial at the Mito District Court's Tsuchiura branch on July 9, 2010. The convicts in the so-called Fukawa case -- a 1967 murder-robbery case in Ibaraki Prefecture -- are expected to be acquitted through the retrial. (Kyodo)

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Murder case retrial

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (L) and Takao Sugiyama answer questions from reporters before the opening of their retrial at the Mito District Court's Tsuchiura branch on July 9, 2010. The convicts in the so-called Fukawa case -- a 1967 murder-robbery case in Ibaraki Prefecture -- are expected to be acquitted through the retrial. (Kyodo)

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (L) and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, emerge from the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in Ibaraki Prefecture after the branch court acquitted them in a retrial of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. The two men had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 1970 for the August 1967 robbery and murder of Shoten Tamamura, a 62-year-old carpenter. They were freed on parole in 1996. (Kyodo)

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

MITO, Japan - This file photo shows postcards that Shoji Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, sent to each other while they were detained in isolation cells at the Tokyo Detention House. On May 24, 2011, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court acquitted them of murder in a retrial, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. The two men had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 1970 for the August 1967 robbery and murder of Shoten Tamamura, a 62-year-old carpenter, and were freed on parole in 1996. (Kyodo)

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai, 64, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in a retrial acquitted Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama, also 64, of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996. (Kyodo)

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (R) and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, shake hands after finishing their press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court acquitted them in a retrial of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996. (Kyodo)

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takao Sugiyama, 64, wipes his tears during a press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in a retrial acquitted Sugiyama, and Shoji Sakurai, also 64, of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996. (Kyodo)

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2 men acquitted in retrial after nearly 30 years in prison

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takao Sugiyama (L) and Shoji Sakurai, both 64, answer reporters' questions in front of the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in Ibaraki Prefecture on May 24, 2011. The court later handed down their acquittals in a retrial of a 1967 murder-robbery case. The two men served nearly 30 years in prison over the so-called Fukawa case. (Kyodo)

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Priest acquitted of raping follower

MITO, Japan - 62-year-old priest Byon Jae Chang, a South Korean national and resident of Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, holds a press conference in the city on May 20, 2011, after he was acquitted of raping a woman follower at the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Fireworks light up Japan

Photo shows fireworks in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 1, 2020. Simultaneous displays lit up the night sky across the country in a project planned by fireworks makers to cheer the nation's mood during the coronavirus gloom. To avoid attracting crowds, organizers did not reveal where the displays would take place, only the day and 8 p.m. start time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor's trip to Tsukuba with Luxembourg grand duke

Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (R) wave to people in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2017 along with Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri (L) and his eldest daughter Princess Alexandra (2nd from R) after arriving at Tsuchiura station. In Ibaraki, they will visit the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center later in the day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor's trip to Tsukuba with Luxembourg grand duke

Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (C) arrive at Tsuchiura station in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 28, 2017 along with Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri (L) and his eldest daughter Princess Alexandra (not shown in this photo). In Ibaraki, they will visit the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center later in the day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo