A cherry blossom viewing party held here on March 30 was not a typical “hanami” event, given its theme of “avoiding death.” ...

Japan, a country well-acquainted with seismic activity, experiences roughly 1,500 earthquakes annually due to its location on ...

A 23-year-old man who was born in Japan and raised in the Gaza Strip recently enrolled in a vocational school here to study the language and ･･･ ...

This was the first tally of such cases since ARI was designated as a Category V disease under the infectious diseases control ...

KOCHI -- Western Japan's Kochi Prefecture has teamed up with the character Quagsire from the popular Pokemon franchise to promote the prefecture. The prefecture and The Pokemon Company signed a ...

As a disaster-prone country, Japan has accumulated valuable knowledge and technology in disaster risk reduction and management products, and Kochi Prefecture, known as a leader in disaster risk ...

The Japanese government has issued an urgent ... Kuroshio and Tosashimizu in Kochi Prefecture will be engulfed by a wave 34m (112ft) tall. As the waves break over the land, flooding of at least ...

Vietnamese worker Ho Anh Duc could provide health insurance to his family back home in Vietnam thanks to a Japanese insurance company and Yamanashi prefectural officials.

It operates in a prefecture where the population is ... That is especially important for credit unions that operate locally. Kochi has given Japan several famous cartoonists, and Yamasaki wants ...

It is also the home of Japan's most famous pilgrimage ... Stretching along a ridge that straddles Ehime and neighbouring Kochi prefecture, the Shikoku Karst offers panoramic views at any time ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 74 °F (23.3 °C). Winds SSE at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 44% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). The ...

With less than two months to go until its release, the Nintendo Switch 2 has the global gaming community buzzing right now. That doesn’t mean the Switch 1 has become a relic of the past, though. As a ...