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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In one example, we see how, in Okinawa Prefecture, the juice of the shikwasa, another citrus fruit, is used to wash traditional bashofu cloth. Kitagawa Village in Kochi Prefecture is famous for ...

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 ...