The Cabinet Office released on March 31 slightly lower death and disaster projections from an expected Nankai Trough megaquake than calculated a decade ago, but the numbers remain horrific and far ...

OCHI, Kochi Prefecture--A monument of the Dragon from Mamoru Hosoda’s animated feature film “Belle” was set up at a museum in Ochi, a town known as the real-life location of the area where ...

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 30cm or deeper will cover roughly 444 square miles.

The Tokushima District Public Prosecutors Office has indicted a 45-year-old man over the murder of a 37-year-old woman whose body was found partially buried on a riverbank in Naka town, Tokushima ...

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 ...

Today, we make a knife in Japan. In the mountains of Kochi prefecture, I met a Japanese blacksmith and he was kind enough to spend the day with me and teach me how to make a knife. Donald Trump ...

Kochi Prefecture is known for mountains, forests and above all, rivers. On the Niyodo River, we learn a special technique for catching sweetfish so good they're mostly bought by exclusive Kyoto ...

The South China Sea Trough is a highly active seismic zone located off the coast of western Japan. A major earthquake in this region could trigger catastrophic tsunamis, with Kuroshio Town being one ...

Shikoku has a quiet, but profound presence in Japan's archipelago. It wears its heart on its sleeve, inviting you to explore ...

What's good about it: Kochi, the vibrant capital of Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku Island, is a city where history and nature gracefully intertwine. The elegant Kochi Castle is one of Japan's few ...

Stretching along a ridge that straddles Ehime and neighbouring Kochi prefecture, the Shikoku Karst offers panoramic views at any time of the year. The term "karst" refers to land made up of ...

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 ...