The Orange Route is one of several flight training paths established by the U.S. military in Japan. It spans mountainous areas across Ehime, Kochi and Tokushima prefectures in Shikoku, and extends ...

Kuroshio town would be hit by a 34-meter-high wave, the highest across Japan, according to the central government’s disaster forecast. Kochi Prefecture is located on the southern coast of the ...

Anna Mironova developed a desire to learn about Japan when she was a young girl, but there were no Japanese language teachers ...

Katsuo-bushi (bonito flakes) are one of the key ingredients in Japanese cuisine, for preparing dashi stock. They are made from the large migratory fish known in Japanese as katsuo and in English as ...

There's an annual festival held in the Japanese prefecture of Kochi that culminates with a competition to see who can drink sake the fastest. Men get given 1.8 litres of sake in a big cup and ...

In the town of Kuroshio, also in Kochi, elderly residents and others were urged to evacuate voluntarily to safer locations. Officials of Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, confirmed evacuation ...

“Aviation safety remains our highest priority as we conduct training operations in support of the mutual defense of the United States and Japan.” Kochi prefecture is on Shikoku, the smallest ...

The Japan Meteorological Corp. predicts cherry trees will begin flowering in the capital before spreading to other major cities, including Kochi, Fukuoka and Kagoshima on March 26 and Nagoya on ...

A resolution passed unanimously by the town council of Mugi ... over the mountainous regions of Wakayama, Tokushima, Kochi and Ehime prefectures, has sparked renewed concerns following a recent ...