Kochi Ekimae Kanko recently unveiled its new bus equipped with special seats that unfold into flat bunk beds. The bus seats 24 passengers and will begin weekly service on a trial basis between Tokyo ...

A total of 6,529 companies nationwide responded to the online survey conducted in early December by private credit research firm Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd., including 36 in Kochi, 55 in Tokushima ...

When the sunfish began looking unwell days after the aquarium closed on Dec. 1 for a six-month renovation, its keepers ...

following Kochi Prefecture. The largest disparities behind Tochigi Prefecture of 72.1, 72.8 and 73.0 were logged for Ibaraki Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture and Tokyo, respectively. The national ...

TOSA-SHIMIZU, Kochi Prefecture--Diners wanting a table ... The hotel is run by Tokyo-based company Catalyst, which took over the management of the Ashizuri Hotel Pacific Hanatsubaki to reopen ...

Japan's Sakura or cherry blossom season is always eagerly awaited by tourists, but unfortunately the pink blooming phenomenon ...

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, ...

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

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a magnitude ... and small tsunami were observed in parts of Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures, the weather agency said. This image from the Japan Meteorological ...