Industry professionals sample premium Japanese sake Experts showcase Kochi's unique brewing techniques Seared bonito pairs perfectly ...

Japan has launched a sleeper bus with fully flat seats that could help concertgoers and tourists avoid having to pay for a ...

There's an annual festival held in the Japanese prefecture of Kochi that culminates with a competition to see who can drink ...

Kochi Ekimae Kanko recently unveiled its new bus equipped with special seats that unfold into flat bunk beds. The bus seats 24 passengers and will begin weekly service on a trial basis between Tokyo ...

AKI, Kochi Prefecture—A roguish local cat has been making headlines for his dramatic entrances at a noodle shop with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean here. This saucy feline burglar ...

INO, Kochi Prefecture--Stone skipping may be considered a pastime or something one does simply to impress a date during a waterfront stroll. But for others, it is a serious sport. A nonprofit ...

Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in ...

In Japan, the word for sourness is suppai. Since ancient times, people in Japan have preserved foods through fermentation.

TOKYO and LONDON -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said.

In October 1994, a U.S. military aircraft crashed during low-altitude training in northern Kochi Prefecture, killing two crew members. Despite this, U.S. flights have continued in the area ...

The quake struck at a depth of approximately 22 miles and caused two small tsunamis; one measuring 3.2ft on the shores of Miyazaki Prefecture and another, measuring 0.7ft in Kochi Prefecture.