And, as visitors settle into the laid-back, easygoing atmosphere of Kochi, located on Japan's Pacific-facing southern coast, echoes of the Cuban capital's atmosphere grow even stronger.

But a trail-blazing businesswoman in western Japan has a way to link the two in a mission to reenergize her community with creative young talent. Yamasaki Kurumi, the 65-year-old head of Kochi ...

KOCHI--The Museum of Art, Kochi, is asking for a refund after confirming that what it believed to be a century-old modern art masterpiece in its collection is a forgery. On March 14, prefectural ...

Compared with last year, the blooming date was the same in Kochi and three days earlier in Kumamoto. Covered by high atmospheric pressure, it was sunny in eastern and western Japan on Sunday ...