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.]