First broadcast on July 17, 2025 Peter Barakan visits the region of Tosa, famous for the mighty Kuroshio Current and bonito ...

The Kuroshiro Current running along the Pacific coast that is responsible for Japan's plentiful marine bounty has made a large curve south off the coast of the Tokai region for the first time in ...

In the forests of eastern Taiwan, a team of scientists set out to answer a question that has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Without access to modern tools or navigational aids, how did ...

The Kuroshio Current, also known as the Japan Current, is a strong western boundary current in the northwestern Pacific Ocean which begins off the east coast and flows northeastward past Japan. The ...

The Kuroshio Current takes these waters north, past the Japanese coast, and then eastward at the 36°N latitude, where it joins the open Pacific Ocean. At this point, ...

The Kuroshio Current is a swift, broad ocean current originating from the east coast of the Philippines transporting warm, tropical waters northward toward Japan.

The stream, up to 150km wide, could be a powerful source of energy as it flows steadily at a rate of 1m a second, officials said. The ministry recently began a three-year feasibility study on the ...

The successfully re-enacted voyage suggests that early modern humans likely had a high level of strategic seafaring knowledge ...

The Kuroshio Current carries heat from the warm southern ocean. Normally, the Kuroshio Current turns around off the coast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, and flows away to the east.

Current Index. Institution tables ... Warming of the Kuroshio Current Over the Last Four Decades has Intensified the Meiyu‐Baiu Rainband. Journal: Geophysical Research Letters Published: 2024-01-28 ...

Kuroshio current may be responsible for climatic discomfort in Tokyo, scientists find. Tohoku University. Journal Journal of Climate Funder MEXT, NASA, National Science Foundation, JSPS ...

Increasingly powerful tropical cyclones in the North Pacific Ocean may be fueling a powerful north-flowing ocean current, helping to boost the amount of heat it ferries to northern latitudes.By ...