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

Kochi Prefecture at 29.5 percent, Iwate Prefecture at 29.1 percent and Tokushima Prefecture at 28.8 percent. On the other hand, Tokyo is the only prefecture with under 20 percent, at 17.5 percent.

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared ...

This is a part of Tokyo foreigners hardly get to see ... (1837–1919), a patriot from the Tosa clan in what is now Kōchi Prefecture who led the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement in the ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the ...

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Tsunami warnings were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the temblor was centered, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, ...

Apart from the northernmost main island, only Tokyo and five prefectures have ... Gender gap in workforce participation was the smallest in Kochi Prefecture. But wages women receive for their ...

By prefecture ... in the southwest had 57.24 cases. Kochi in the west had 56.36 cases. Aichi in central Japan had 42.94 cases, while Osaka and Tokyo had 24.93 and 21.93 respectively.

TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country's Meteorological Agency said Monday, while warning the public to stay away from coastal areas ...