The system is part of efforts to brace for a mega quake that is expected to hit the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coasts of ...

In the nearly three decades that Pokémon has been around, the franchise’s influence has extended far beyond the scope of most ...

A whale shark that had been released off west Japan's Kochi Prefecture last month for purposes including ecological research ...

A dead whale shark has been discovered in a river in western Japan. It was later confirmed that the fish had been kept in an ...

They will be shipped out to places including Kochi Prefecture, Tokyo and Osaka until late November and will be mainly sold as gifts. Note: Suisho means "crystal." Japanese original The easy ...

The prefectures that are expected to have the highest percentage of people aged 65 or older living alone in 2050 is Kochi ...

The trend resulting from rapid depopulation will affect both metropolitan and rural areas, the National Institute of ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds NNW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 52 °F (11.1 °C). Sunny with a high of 75 °F (23.9 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). Sunny today ...

The number of school buildings without quake-resistance decreased by 60 to 135. By prefecture, Ehime saw the lowest ...

In Japan, regional revitalization has emerged as a cornerstone of solutions to issues such as population decline, achieving ...

This workshop featured renowned Japanese manga artists Yoshihiro Iwagami and Ms Yuka Yamashita from Kochi Prefecture, Japan.