A popular sunfish in Japan lost its appetite and banged on the side of its tank after the aquarium it lived in closed for ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Middle Army conducts an anti-disaster drill in Toyo in the western Japan prefecture of ...

The "Orange Route," a U.S. military training flight path stretching over the mountainous regions of Wakayama, Tokushima, ...

but right on the annual average date for Kochi. While the average is close to the cherry blossom start time, these dates are generally later than last year's initial forecast. In recent months, Japan ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds from NNW to NW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 29 °F (-1.7 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14. ...

INO, Kochi Prefecture--Over the last decade ... a town on the smallest of Japan’s four main islands known for its paper industry. “If we don’t have the people we can’t make products ...

A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area.

INO, Kochi Prefecture--Stone skipping may be considered ... captivates everyone and is enjoyed by many players also outside Japan,” said Takahiro Shono, president of Niyodogawa Otakara Tanteidan ...

The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki prefecture, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi ...

By prefecture, Tokushima in western Japan topped the list with an average of 57.38 cases. Miyazaki in the southwest had 57.24 cases. Kochi in the west had 56.36 cases. Aichi in central Japan had ...