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 ･･･ ...

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 ...

Women’s participation is still low across many of Japan's 47 prefectures ... gap in workforce participation was the smallest in Kochi Prefecture. But wages women receive for their work accounted ...

According to the Japan Institute for Health Security, the number of ARI patients per medical institution in the reporting ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...