Iwaki
[key], city, Fukushima prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan, on the Pacific Ocean.
Once a major coal-mining center, Iwaki now relies on other products such as
chemicals, petrochemicals, electronics, and lumber. The extensive
present-day city was formed in 1966 from the merger of five cities and nine
other municipalities. A number of museums and an aquarium are there. Coastal
areas of Iwaki were devastated by the tsunami that followed the 2011 NE
Honshu earthquake.
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