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 ...

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

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

Three people were found without vital signs in a fire that broke out Monday morning in a house in Kochi, western Japan, and two of them were later confirmed dead, local authorities said. The two ...

TOKYO -- Many of Japan's biggest companies are expected to offer substantial wage hikes for a third consecutive year when they conclude talks with unions on Wednesday, seeking to help workers cope ...

The agency issued tsunami warnings at 7:52 a.m. for Kujukuri, Sotobo, and Uchibo in Chiba Prefecture, and Kochi Prefecture. The warnings were extended at 8:24 a.m. for Miyazaki Prefecture ...

Night - Clear. Winds from NNW to NW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 57 °F (13.9 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 9 mph (3.2 to 14.5 kph ...

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 ...

Cherry blossoms are forecast to bloom earlier than usual in Japan this year, mainly in the northern part of the country.