Japan's territory is divided into 47 prefectures, consisting of 43 regular ... 07:52 Kanagawa (神奈川) 08:14 Kōchi (高知) 08:31 Kumamoto (熊本) 08:50 Kyōto (京都) 09:02 Mie (三重 ...

Kuroshio is a small town in the western part of Kōchi Prefecture ... Takahashi ran for governor of Iwate Prefecture in September 2011 after the Great East Japan Earthquake, opposing disaster ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first megaquake advisory, covering 707 municipalities from Okinawa to Ibaraki prefectures, after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck off Miyazaki ...

The trend is no longer limited to Japan’s three major metropolitan areas―Tokyo, Kinki and Chubu. High-rise condominiums are now emerging in other regions as well, with Fukuoka Prefecture ...