Ishikawa (石川町, Ishikawa-machi) is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
After the Meiji Restoration, it was organized as part of Ishikawa District in the Nakadōri region of Iwaki Province.
The villages of Ishikawa, Sawada, Nogisawa, Bohata, Nakatani and Yamahashi were formed on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system.
During World War II, the town had a secret uranium mine for the Japanese atomic bomb project.
[6] The town expanded by annexing the neighboring villages of Sawada, Nogisawa, Bohata, Nakatani and Yamahashi on March 31, 1955.