Some 30 years ago, a U.S. military plane crashed into a Kochi Prefecture dam near a child care center under the ...

The sunfish began looking unwell days after the aquarium closed on Dec. 1 for a six-month renovation and visitors disappeared.

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Middle Army conducts an anti-disaster drill in Toyo in the western Japan prefecture of ...

The "Orange Route," a U.S. military training flight path stretching over the mountainous regions of Wakayama, Tokushima, ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds from NNW to NW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 29 °F (-1.7 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14. ...

while Kochi reported 10-centimeter tsunami. The agency lifted the advisory at 11:50 p.m. on Monday. The operator of the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture said there were no ...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. The agency ...

Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki prefecture, where the quake was centered, on the southwestern island of Kyushu, as well as nearby Kochi prefecture in Shikoku island, shortly after the ...

Tokyo, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan Monday night, causing a tsunami of up to 20 centimeters to hit Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures. The earthquake measured ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country.

They warned residents to continue staying away from the coast and other waterways. In Kochi Prefecture, residents of some areas were advised to evacuate. Japanese weather officials said about an ...