Three people were found without vital signs in a fire that broke out Monday morning in a house in Kochi, western Japan, and ...

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 ...

KOCHI--The Museum of Art, Kochi, is asking for a refund after confirming that what it believed to be a century-old modern art ...

In addition, the company has entered into a partnership with Kochi Prefecture and local companies to promote its disaster risk reduction and management products to the global market. This ...

In years past, relatively few international visitors to Japan made the trip to Kochi Prefecture, an area on the island of Shikoku that rarely appears on lists of must-see destinations. But in ...

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 ...

Named “Sommeil Profond”, or “deep sleep” in French, the bus is set to begin a trial weekly service between Tokyo and southern Japan's Kochi prefecture from 4 March. The bus will come with ...

Blossoms are expected to reach full bloom at a pace similar to or slightly faster than average years in western and eastern ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 49 °F (9.4 °C) and a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds NW at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 22% chance of precipitation. Winds from NW ...

Born in 1928, Osamu Miyawaki grew up in the Kochi Prefecture before joining the South Manchuria Railway Company at 15 years old. There, he witnessed the final days of World War II in China and ...