Kochi
(2002 est. pop. 800,000). Kochi Prefecture is situated in the southern region of Japan's island of Shikoku, where it occupies an area of 7,107 square kilometers. Kochi's main geogr...
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The government approved a plan Wednesday to conduct a
preliminary test to select a site to bury high-level radioactive
waste in the town of Toyo, Kochi Prefecture, government officials
said....
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Freshwater fishermen and riverfront farmers have joined hands to
revive the ayu, or Japanese sweetfish, called ''Queen of Limpid
Stream,'' catches of which have declined dramatically due to
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Population as of Oct. 1, 2006, fell at 37 of 47 prefectures from
a year earlier, making the number of such prefectures stay at a
record high level for two years in a row, the internal affairs...
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Bureaucrat's inaction delayed collision report to Ishiba
TOKYO - A Defense Ministry bureaucrat failed to promptly notify
Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba of a destroyer-trawler co...
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A town mayor in Kochi Prefecture resigned Thursday in order to
run again in an election and seek voter support for his proposal to
host a site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear po...
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(EDS: MORE INFO IN 2ND, 5-9TH GRAFS)
The government said Thursday it has approved a request that the
town of Toyo, Kochi Prefecture, cancel an application for conducting
research to see if i...
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(EDS: ADDING DETAILS)
A candidate opposed to a plan for hosting a nuclear dump site is
set to win the mayoral election Sunday in Toyo, Kochi Prefecture,
defeating the former mayor who sought...
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The employment rate for high school graduates at the end of
March rose for the fifth year in a row to 93.9 percent, up 1.1
percentage points from a year earlier, the education ministry said
...
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The Kochi and Sapporo district courts rejected damages claims
Friday in two separate cases by two groups of war-displaced Japanese
nationals for state compensation for delayed repatriation fr...
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Kochi
Preliminary exam to select nuclear waste site to begin in Kochi town
