Japan Current

American  

noun

1. a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.

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Japan Current British  

noun

1. Also called: Kuroshio.  a warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the E coast of Japan towards the North Pacific

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Japan Current Scientific  

/ jə-păn′ /

1. A branch of the North Equatorial Current that flows northeast from the Philippine Sea, north along the eastern shore of Taiwan, past southeastern Japan, and onward to the North Pacific. Its warm air moderates the climate of Taiwan and Japan.

2. Also called Kuroshio Current

3. See more at equatorial current gyre

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Example Sentences

Warmed by the Japan Current, the panhandle has a milder winter climate than New York City or Washington, D. C., is an ideal natural base for naval operations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such equability is caused chiefly by the protecting mountains and their dense forests together with the breezes blowing direct from the ocean and warmed by the mysterious Japan Current.

From The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists by Giles, Harry F.

Sometimes a "southeaster" blows up from the Japan Current, or Black Stream, as the Japanese call the warm, dark-blue waters that pour out of the China Sea.

From Stories of California by Sexton, Ella M.

Her shores, bathed by the warm Japan Current, or Ku-ro Si-wa, which is deflected southward from Alaska, are many degrees warmer than their latitude alone would warrant.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

These bergs melt in the warm Japan Current.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry