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Ibaraki

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[ee-buh-rah-kee, ee-bah-rah-kee] / ˌi bəˈrɑ ki, iˈbɑ rɑ ki /

noun

  1. a prefecture in central Honshu, Japan.

  2. a city in this prefecture.


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Koji Yamazaki, a leading bear expert and head of Ibaraki Nature Museum, said residents in the northern Tohoku region must stay vigilant this spring.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

The virus, named ushikuvirus after Lake Ushiku in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, where it was isolated, adds further evidence supporting the nuclear virus origin hypothesis.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

It's a simple issue of supply and demand, agricultural economist Kunio Nishikawa of Ibaraki University says.

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

Customers nationwide are placing orders, with many asking for “Joban-mono,” or fish from the waters off Fukushima and its southern neighbor Ibaraki.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

He therefore fled to his domain in the remote province of Ibaraki.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley

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