Visitors to this port city are met with a bizarre sight worthy of a surreal painting—a two-lane road sticking right out of ...

The Cabinet Office released on March 31 slightly lower death and disaster projections from an expected Nankai Trough ...

Yuko Kawai, vice president of the Bank of Kochi, will be promoted to the top post, becoming the first woman to lead a ...

As cherry blossom season peaks at the University of Washington (UW), its stunning blooms attract visitors from around the ...

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 ...

The Kansai area will never experience a major earthquake.” That was how many people felt before the Great Hanshin-Awaji ...

The sample Somei-Yoshino cherry trees monitored by the Japanese Meteorological Agency bloomed in the cities of Kochi and ...

Up to 298,000 people are expected to be killed in Japan due mainly to a tsunami and building collapses if an earthquake of around magnitude 9 occurs in the Nankai Trough off the ...

Cherry trees started to bloom in the western Japanese cities of Kochi and Kumamoto on Sunday. Our site uses cookies and other technologies to give you the best possible experience. By using this site ...

Kochi/Kumamoto, March 23 (Jiji Press)--The ... including the city of Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, where the mercury hit 28.3 degrees.