Found 2 items, similar to Japan Current.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Japan current
Japan current
n : a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the
coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean [syn:
Kuroshio current
,
Kuroshio]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Japan current
Japan current
\Japan current\
A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing
the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward
past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North
Pacific; -- called also
Kuro-Siwo, or
Black Stream, in
allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may
ways to the Gulf Stream.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]