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.

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 ...

Montreal is now home to its first dry bar which promises a fun night out without the alcohol.

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

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Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in ...

The average retail price of gasoline in Japan soared to a 17-month high of 185.10 yen ($1.18) per liter as of Monday, ...

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

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude ... in the southwestern island of Kyushu, as well as nearby Kochi Prefecture, in Shikoku island, shortly after the quake struck at 9:19 ...