1. Particularly active are offshore regions and to a lesser extent Chiba and Ibaraki.

2. Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake's epicenter is located in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, focal depth 80 km, the maximum magnitude of

3. There are two famous Aikido dojos in the town including the original Iwama dojo (now called the Aikikai Foundation Ibaraki Branch Dojo) and the Shin-Shin Aiki-Juku.

4. Ent., 3(2): 117-122.November 15, 1997 Ataxonomic Note and Nest Description ofan Australian PaperWasp, Polistes variabilis (FABRICIUS) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) Jun-ichiKOJIMA Natural History Laboratory, Faculty ofScience, Ibaraki University, Mito 310, Japan