I found the city and its people very welcoming,” he adds ... One thing is clear, Takeo San has indeed brought a slice of Japan to Kochi and it’s an experience that will leave you enchanted ...

She became Japan's first female credit union chief ... "I believe it's very important to help communities in Kochi hold on to young people." Kochi is one of many Japanese prefectures struggling ...

There's an annual festival held in the Japanese prefecture of Kochi that culminates with a competition to see who can drink sake the fastest. Men get given 1.8 litres of sake in a big cup and ...

The figure, around 0.2 percent of the total number of people who came to Japan that year, put Kochi last out of the country's 47 prefectures. The outlook for the year ahead is decidedly more ...

“Let’s work together,” photographer Nobuyuki Takahashi, a native of Kochi, told Yuki Saito, a program director for Japan Broadcasting ... “I hope people will have the desire to pass ...