{"id":817,"date":"2021-03-21T21:27:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T14:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/?page_id=817"},"modified":"2021-05-31T12:54:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T05:54:36","slug":"currents-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/currents-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Currents of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"817\" class=\"elementor elementor-817\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6671acc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6671acc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f0ac73\" data-id=\"8f0ac73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d0159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"85d0159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef54c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ef54c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geography<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c550fd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c550fd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Currents of Japan<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e99c99c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e99c99c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eeeb359\" data-id=\"eeeb359\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c6320 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"21c6320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea3e601 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ea3e601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"683c272\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7912d53\" data-id=\"7912d53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cb310e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5cb310e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9fe54b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9fe54b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"main-currents\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Main currents affecting the Japanese Archipelago<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eddedf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"eddedf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f0c9d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f0c9d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eight distinct oceanic currents affect the islands of the Japanese archipelago.\nthey can be classified into 2 major north-flowing warm water currents, and 2 major south-flowing cold water currents.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f918e68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f918e68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c941d55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c941d55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4930602\" data-id=\"4930602\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a28f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37a28f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"warm-water\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WARM WATER CURRENTS (South&gt;North)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b87bf51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b87bf51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Kuroshio Current<\/strong> (\u9ed2\u6f6e, <em>Kuroshio<\/em>, literally &#8220;Black Current&#8221;, named after the deeper blue colour of its waters), and is also known as the <strong><em>Japan Current.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>The Kuroshio is a warm water, north-flowing current, which transports warm, and tropical water northward toward the polar region.<\/p><p>It is by far <strong>the most important current affecting the Japanese archipelago<\/strong>, where it flows along the west side of the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b islands, then, passing through the Tokara Strait, along the east coasts of the islands of Ky\u016bsh\u016b, Shikoku and Honsh\u016b.<br \/><strong>The Kuroshio branches out into the following currents:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The <strong>Kuroshio Extension<\/strong>, which is the name given to the Kuroshio as it branches east in the Pacific, where it meets the southwards flowing Oyashio Current.<br \/>We will look into the Kuroshio-Oyashio current system in further detail <u>here<\/u>.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Kuroshio Countercurrent<\/strong>, which flows southward to the east of the main Kuroshio Current, in the Philippine Sea, roughly 700 km off the coast.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af26b1c\" data-id=\"af26b1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a53e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c8a53e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/still_24460_kuroshio_flow_1024x576-NASA-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/still_24460_kuroshio_flow_1024x576-NASA-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kuroshio Visualisation by NASA\u2019s Perpetual Ocean Project<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a487ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a487ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/10841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/10841<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-559c047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"559c047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"559c047\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"MAIN CURRENTS OF JAPAN\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTEwNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9NQUlOLUNVUlJFTlRTLU9GLUpBUEFOLmpwZWciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1NTljMDQ3In0%3D\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An overview of the 8 major currents affecting the Japanese archipelago<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f065411 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f065411\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ecf7857\" data-id=\"ecf7857\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2647944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2647944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Tsushima Current<\/strong> (\u5bfe\u99ac\u6d77\u6d41, <em>Tsushima Kairy\u016b<\/em>) is a secondary branch of the Kuroshio Current flowing along the west coast of Japan. It splits from the Kurushio near Ky\u016bsh\u016b, flowing northwards along the west coasts of Ky\u016bsh\u016b and Honsh\u016b, through the Tsushima Strait (which gives it its name) and into the Sea of Japan. <br \/>The Tsushima Current itself then branches out in two other currents:<\/p><ul><li>The <strong>Tsugaru Current<\/strong> (\u6d25\u8efd\u6696\u6d41,<em> Tsugaru Kairy\u016b<\/em>) is formed when the Tsushima Current, flowing northwards up the Sea of Japan, divides in two branches. The Tsugaru Current is the branch flowing through the west entrance of the Tsugaru Strait, between the islands of Honsh\u016b and Hokkaid\u014d<br \/><br \/><\/li><li>The <strong>S\u014dya Current<\/strong> (\u5b97\u8c37\u6696\u6d41, <em>S\u014dya Kairy\u016b<\/em>), is formed by the branch of the Tsushima Current flowing along the north coast of Hokkaid\u014d, and into the La Perouse Strait between the island of Sakhalin and north Hokkaid\u014d. This current has a relatively stronger flow in the summer than in the winter.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa007bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa007bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6663bd\" data-id=\"b6663bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a76d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2a76d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f8ae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"43f8ae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"43f8ae0\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"MAIN CURRENTS OF JAPAN\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTEwNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9NQUlOLUNVUlJFTlRTLU9GLUpBUEFOLmpwZWciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0M2Y4YWUwIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"MAIN CURRENTS OF JAPAN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN.jpeg 714w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN-300x286.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb8e47f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb8e47f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/earthdata.nasa.gov\/learn\/sensing-our-planet\/probing-the-black-current\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6946\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1.jpg 951w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04ac2b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04ac2b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A swirling phytoplankton bloom is visible from space as the warm waters from the Kuroshio current collide with the frigid waters of the Oyashio current off the eastern coast of the main islands of Japan.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de9175 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1de9175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/earthdata.nasa.gov\/learn\/sensing-our-planet\/probing-the-black-current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/earthdata.nasa.gov\/learn\/sensing-our-planet\/probing-the-black-current<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5811773\" data-id=\"5811773\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eef34a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"eef34a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff4d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ff4d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"cold-water\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COLD WATER CURRENTS (North&gt;South)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be55920 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"be55920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a2141d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a2141d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>The <strong>Oyashio Current<\/strong> (\u89aa\u6f6e <em>Oyashio<\/em> lit. &#8220;Parental Current&#8221; named for its metaphorical role as the parent \u89aa, <em>oya,<\/em> providing for and nurturing marine organisms through its nutrient-rich waters), is also known as the Kurile Current.<br \/><br \/><p>The Oyashio is a <strong>subarctic, cold-water oceanic current<\/strong>, <strong>originating in the Arctic Ocean<\/strong>. <br \/>It flows southward via the Bering Sea, passing through the Bering Strait and into the Sea of Okhotsk.<\/p><p>The Oyashio then flows along the east coast of Hokkaid\u014d down to the North Pacific Ocean, along the northeastern coast of Honsh\u016b, where it <strong>collides with the Kuroshio<\/strong> <strong>current\u2019s Kuroshio Extension,<\/strong> and forms the eastbound North Pacific Current.<\/p><\/li><li>The <strong>Liman Current<\/strong> (\u30ea\u30de\u30f3\u6d77\u6d41, <em>Liman<\/em> <em>Kairy\u016b<\/em>) is another cold current flowing southward between the island of Sakhalin and the Asian mainland, carrying colder water from the Sea of Okhotsk into the Sea of Japan.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e7e961 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e7e961\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4801b69\" data-id=\"4801b69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d80374 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8d80374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e15199 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e15199\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f2f2f8\" data-id=\"4f2f2f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651de57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"651de57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"kuroshio-oyashio\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A closer look at the Kuroshio-Oyashio system<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c1ae18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c1ae18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23507a6\" data-id=\"23507a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a75f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a75f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Kuroshio (\u201cBlack Current\u201d, the after the deeper blue colour of its rich waters) or Japan Current is by far the most important current affecting all the islands of the Japanese archipelago.<br \/>To summarise its movement, the current constitute the western, subtropical boundary section of the clockwise flowing <b>North Pacific Ocean Gyre<\/b>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261e7f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"261e7f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Kuroshio primarily forms off the coast of the Philippines, from where its powerful warm water flow northwards towards the Japanese islands, first along long the west side of the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b islands, then, after crossing the Tokara Stait, primarily along the east coasts of the islands of Ky\u016bsh\u016b, Shikoku and Honsh\u016b.<br \/><br \/>As it reaches the northern part of Honsh\u016b Island, the Kuroshio then meets a cold current, the <em>Oyashio <\/em>(or Kurile Current) that flows southward from the Okhotsk Sea, and this collision forms a highly productive, life supporting-mixture of warm and cold waters. <br \/>The main flow then merges and feeds into with the eastern flow of the North Pacific Current.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04919d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04919d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fa8a80\" data-id=\"1fa8a80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a204e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a204e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/pacific-gyre-and-kuroshio.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1004\" alt=\"THE NORTH PACIFIC GYRE AND THE KUROSHIO\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/pacific-gyre-and-kuroshio.jpeg 818w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/pacific-gyre-and-kuroshio-300x250.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/pacific-gyre-and-kuroshio-768x639.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ae5403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ae5403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image base: <a href=\"https:\/\/geologycafe.com\/class\/chapter14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/geologycafe.com\/class\/chapter14.html<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbe45c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbe45c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-508f7e4\" data-id=\"508f7e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc53305 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc53305\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <b>Kuroshio Current is one of the largest and strongest ocean currents in the world, flowing 2 to 4 knots on average<\/b>. <br \/>It can be considered as the <strong>Pacific Ocean\u2019s equivalent of the Atlantic Ocean\u2019s Gulf Stream<\/strong>, in that both currents transport the ocean\u2019s warm, tropical and nutrient rich waters northward, up towards the Polar Regions, with a crucial effect on regional climate and human activities.<\/p><p>Indeed, the Kuroshio has huge influence on the ocean conditions and marine life of Japan.<br \/>It is largely because of the multiple effects Kuroshio current flow that the waters surrounding Japanese islands count among some of the <b>most productive and diverse regions in the world<\/b> in terms of marine life, which is great for the fishing industry, but also for more contemplative activities such as scuba-diving, to which it gives warm and clear waters, coral and biodiversity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a20490c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a20490c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d180d81\" data-id=\"d180d81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee980e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee980e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kuroshio-area.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Kuroshio area\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA1MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA0XC9rdXJvc2hpby1hcmVhLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/kuroshio-area.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2053\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/kuroshio-area.png 548w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/04\/kuroshio-area-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6a770d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6a770d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image base: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jaea.go.jp%2F03%2Fsenryaku%2Fseminar%2Fs09-3.pdf&amp;psig=AOvVaw0yTISv9f8oHVLHNoWExZlo&amp;ust=1620900608473000&amp;source=images&amp;cd=vfe&amp;ved=2ahUKEwifuZK588PwAhUuI7cAHeLQDgEQr4kDegQIARAo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u30d7\u30ec\u30bc\u30f3\u30c6\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3 jaea.go.jp<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f4c84b\" data-id=\"4f4c84b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-221f905 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"221f905\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Looking at the path of this important current in more detail, the Kuroshio finds its origins in the Pacific North Equatorial Current, which first runs westward along the Equator, <b>passing through the east side of the biodiverse Coral Triangle.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0503c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0503c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/currents-in-the-coral-triangle.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"currents-in-the-coral-triangle\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzAxOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9jdXJyZW50cy1pbi10aGUtY29yYWwtdHJpYW5nbGUuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/currents-in-the-coral-triangle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7018\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/currents-in-the-coral-triangle.jpg 548w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/currents-in-the-coral-triangle-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Coral Triangle currents and the Kuroshio<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98e5f6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98e5f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sirenfleet.com\/uncategorized\/diving-coral-triangle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Veron \/ Siren Fleet<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-949309f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"949309f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e2de3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74e2de3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The current then starts turning northward, and flows along the east side of the northern Philippines islands, where it is known as the <strong>Mindanao Current<\/strong>. <br \/>The Kuroshio proper forms as it heads along the east coast of Luzon in the Philippines.<\/p><p>The flow then heads frankly north as it heads up the eastern coast Taiwan, before entering the East China Sea following a <strong>deep trench<\/strong> in the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b island chain known as the <strong>Yonaguni Depression.<\/strong><\/p><p>The Kuroshio continues heading northwards, flows along Japan, first on a course parallel to the west coasts of the Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b islands, following the <strong>Okinawa Trough,<\/strong> which is the deepest part of the East China Sea.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db1f94a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"db1f94a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d228b72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d228b72\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-468f0f6\" data-id=\"468f0f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f37af14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f37af14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As it reaches the northern Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b\u2019s Tokara islands, the main flow of the current heads east, and re-enters the Pacific by passing through a gap known as the<strong> Tokara Strait, which greatly increases its strength.<\/strong><\/p><p>A slightly weaker branch of the Kuroshio, called the <strong>Tsushima Current<\/strong>, heads west and enters the Sea of Japan off the island Ky\u016bsh\u016b, and continues flowing northwards along the western coast of Honsh\u016b.<\/p><p>The main Kuroshio Current (the Kuroshio <em>Hon-ry\u016b,<\/em> or main current) flows along the east coast of Japan, <strong>meandering<\/strong> significantly, and notably hitting the Nanp\u014d Archipelago\u2019s Izu islands with considerable force.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64bb9dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64bb9dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As it reaches the<strong> vicinity of latitude 35\u00b0N, roughly near Kant\u014d\u2019s B\u014ds\u014d Peninsula<\/strong> (which forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay), the bulk of the Kuroshio finally distances itself from the east coast of Japan and <strong>follows a more eastward course, in a segment known as the Kuroshio Extension.<\/strong><\/p><p>The Kuroshio Extension then flows <strong>right into the southward-flowing <\/strong><em><strong>Oyashio<\/strong> <\/em>(\u201cParental Current\u201d, named its metaphorical role as a parent, nurturing marine organisms) or Kurile Current, which is a cold subarctic ocean current originating in the Arctic Ocean.<br \/><br \/>The Oyashio itself circulates <strong>counter clockwise in the western North Pacific Ocean,<\/strong> transporting colder polar water into the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb89d15\" data-id=\"eb89d15\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2091e27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2091e27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07dd42b elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"07dd42b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"07dd42b\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Chapter-1-Figure-1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Njk4NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9DaGFwdGVyLTEtRmlndXJlLTEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDdkZDQyYiJ9\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Chapter-1-Figure-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Chapter-1-Figure-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Chapter-1-Figure-1.jpg 390w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Chapter-1-Figure-1-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6987'>\n\t\t\t\tThe path of the Kuroshio Current near Japan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67d2e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f67d2e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dadbd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dadbd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/Kuroshio+Current%3A+Physical%2C+Biogeochemical%2C+and+Ecosystem+Dynamics-p-9781119428343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nagai et al. (eds.) [2019]<\/a>, Figure 1.1b<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79cdc03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"79cdc03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"79cdc03\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"314596_1_En_1_Fig1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzAxNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC8zMTQ1OTZfMV9Fbl8xX0ZpZzEucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNzljZGMwMyJ9\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/314596_1_En_1_Fig1.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/314596_1_En_1_Fig1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-7014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/314596_1_En_1_Fig1.png 550w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/314596_1_En_1_Fig1-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-7014'>\n\t\t\t\tKuroshio-Oyashio Convergence\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3d295 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af3d295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.springernature.com\/lw785\/springer-static\/image\/chp%3A10.1007%2F978-3-319-00822-6_1\/MediaObjects\/314596_1_En_1_Fig1_HTML.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-319-00822-6_1<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53bc4b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53bc4b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aca1a11\" data-id=\"aca1a11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-accfe41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"accfe41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/point-of-contact.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"point of contact\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzYzNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9wb2ludC1vZi1jb250YWN0LnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/point-of-contact.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7634\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/point-of-contact.png 954w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/point-of-contact-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/point-of-contact-768x547.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f8589 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"61f8589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1972209 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1972209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/uhuh\/2017\/10\/30\/fisheries-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/uhuh\/2017\/10\/30\/fisheries-in-japan\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f548edf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f548edf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-273d3c3\" data-id=\"273d3c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a08640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"2a08640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2a08640\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"MAIN CURRENTS OF JAPAN\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTEwNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9NQUlOLUNVUlJFTlRTLU9GLUpBUEFOLmpwZWciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIyYTA4NjQwIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"MAIN CURRENTS OF JAPAN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN.jpeg 714w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/MAIN-CURRENTS-OF-JAPAN-300x286.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd062e9\" data-id=\"fd062e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-541c762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"541c762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f51ebfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f51ebfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As it flows south along the east coast of Japan, it <strong>collides with the Kuroshio Current<\/strong> off the eastern shore of Honsh\u016b.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d42c9d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d42c9d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Between longitudes 155\u00b0 and 160\u00b0E, <strong>a considerable amount of the main flow<\/strong> <strong>turns south and southwest.<br \/><\/strong>This flow forms the main part of the Kuroshio <strong>countercurrent<\/strong>, which flows southward to the east of the main Kuroshio Current, in the Philippine Sea, approximately 700 km from the coast.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b841457 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b841457\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-715293e\" data-id=\"715293e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2161b24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2161b24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2b1abb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2b1abb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-90e326f\" data-id=\"90e326f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75db5f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75db5f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The main flow created by the encounter with <b>the Oyashio forms the North Pacific Current<\/b> (also known as the North Pacific West Wind Drift), which heads back east, towards the coasts of North America losing force west of the Hawaiian Islands.<br \/><br \/>While some of the original flow continues east to split off the coast of Canada and form the Alaska and California currents, the<strong> bulk of the flow joins the west-flowing Pacific North Equatorial Current<\/strong> to the south, directing warm water back towards the Philippines, in a clockwise flow that completes the cycle of the North Pacific Ocean gyre.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-86152d2\" data-id=\"86152d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1cb315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d1cb315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bfce0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7bfce0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NORTH-PACIFIC-GYRE.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"THE NORTH PACIFIC GYRE AND CONVERGENCE ZONE\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTAyNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9OT1JUSC1QQUNJRklDLUdZUkUuanBlZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NORTH-PACIFIC-GYRE-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1025\" alt=\"THE NORTH PACIFIC GYRE AND CONVERGENCE ZONE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NORTH-PACIFIC-GYRE-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NORTH-PACIFIC-GYRE-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NORTH-PACIFIC-GYRE-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/NORTH-PACIFIC-GYRE.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c48759 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c48759\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34228e5\" data-id=\"34228e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a0e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"56a0e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"56a0e30\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Japan_AMO_2005124_lrg\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzAwNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9KYXBhbl9BTU9fMjAwNTEyNF9scmctc2NhbGVkLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjU2YTBlMzAifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Japan_AMO_2005124_lrg-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Japan_AMO_2005124_lrg-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-7004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Japan_AMO_2005124_lrg-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/Japan_AMO_2005124_lrg-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-7004'>\n\t\t\t\tKuroshio-related phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Honsh\u016b\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"56a0e30\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"black_current_1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Njk0NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9ibGFja19jdXJyZW50XzEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNTZhMGUzMCJ9\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-6946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1.jpg 951w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/black_current_1-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-6946'>\n\t\t\t\tKuroshio-related phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Hokkaid\u014d \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33bab42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33bab42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image credit \/sources <a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/5473\/phytoplankton-bloom-near-japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA: <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3a8375 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d3a8375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99bbee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c99bbee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many species, like the winter spawning <strong>Japanese Flying Squid<\/strong> (<em>Todarodes pacificus<\/em>) are entirely dependent on the flow of Kuroshio Current, and sometimes nicknamed <strong><em>Kuroshio Species.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>The eggs and larvae of this squid develop in the East China Sea during winter months, after which adults population use the Kuroshio Current to travel, with minimum energy, to their rich northern feeding grounds located near northwestern Honshu and Hokkaid\u014d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e02907\" data-id=\"4e02907\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c530c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7c530c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ba805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23ba805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Similar to the Atlantic\u2019s Gulf Stream in its mode of creation and flow patterns, the Kuroshio has an important <strong>warming effect<\/strong> upon the south and southeast coastal regions of Japan, as far north as T\u014dky\u014d.<\/p><p>Another indirect effect of the Kuroshio-Oyashio current system is the creation of powerful coastal <b>upwellings<\/b>, which, combined with Japan unique and complex, mostly volcanic based underwater topography, will bring deep-sea dwelling organisms up with the water.<\/p><p>Off the coasts of Japan, as the warm waters (the current has <strong>surface temperature of 24\u00b0C<\/strong> on average) of the powerful Kuroshio and the colder waters the Oyashio collide, <b>a layer of nutrient-rich water is brought to the surface<\/b>, <b>where the water movement creates strong turbulent circular currents called <em>eddies<\/em><\/b>.<\/p><p>Phytoplankton growing in the surface waters become concentrated on the borders of these eddies, following the swirling motions of the water.<\/p><p>As a result of this complex water circulation, the zooplankton communities in the boundary waters are unique and diverse, which greatly boosts marine populations.<br \/>Kuroshio-specific marine life has long <strong>supported Japan\u2019s extensive fisheries, on both coasts of the archipelago.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed49bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ed49bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d244b2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"d244b2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"d244b2d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Possible spawning migrations of Notoscopelus japonicus in relation to Kuroshio-Oyashio currents\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTEwNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9Qb3NzaWJsZS1zcGF3bmluZy1taWdyYXRpb25zLW9mLU5vdG9zY29wZWx1cy1qYXBvbmljdXMtQ3JlZGl0LU5hZ2FpLWV0LWFsLUZpZ3VyZS0xNy4xLXNpemVkLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImQyNDRiMmQifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/Possible-spawning-migrations-of-Notoscopelus-japonicus-Credit-Nagai-et-al-Figure-17.1-sized.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/Possible-spawning-migrations-of-Notoscopelus-japonicus-Credit-Nagai-et-al-Figure-17.1-sized.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/Possible-spawning-migrations-of-Notoscopelus-japonicus-Credit-Nagai-et-al-Figure-17.1-sized.png 390w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/Possible-spawning-migrations-of-Notoscopelus-japonicus-Credit-Nagai-et-al-Figure-17.1-sized-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-1104'>\n\t\t\t\tPossible spawning migrations of Notoscopelus japonicus in relation to currents\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c2a80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27c2a80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/:https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/Kuroshio+Current%3A+Physical%2C+Biogeochemical%2C+and+Ecosystem+Dynamics-p-9781119428343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Nagai et al. (eds.) [2019]<\/a>, Figure 17.1a<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc1bc46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc1bc46\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab10ea3\" data-id=\"ab10ea3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0574c56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"0574c56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"0574c56\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"JAPANESE CURRENTS AND SPECIES\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTEwNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzAzXC9DVVJSRU5UUy1BTkQtU1BFQ0lFUy5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIwNTc0YzU2In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/CURRENTS-AND-SPECIES.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"968\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/CURRENTS-AND-SPECIES.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/CURRENTS-AND-SPECIES.png 968w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/CURRENTS-AND-SPECIES-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/CURRENTS-AND-SPECIES-768x570.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e10331 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e10331\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/research4committees.blog\/2017\/08\/17\/fisheries-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/research4committees.blog\/2017\/08\/17\/fisheries-in-japan\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a629ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a629ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e90270\" data-id=\"3e90270\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396937e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"396937e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Kuroshio Current originates from within an area called the Western Pacific Warm Pool, and flows through parts of South-East Asia\u2019s Coral Triangle, in other words, through one of the world&#8217;s major <strong>marine biodiversity centres<\/strong>, before heading northwards towards the islands of Japan. <br \/>This is one of the reasons why the <b>Ry\u016b-Ky\u016b Island\u2019s coral reefs form one of the worlds\u2019 richest centres of multi-taxon endemism<\/b>, with a great coral diversity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e762cdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e762cdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6af4a16\" data-id=\"6af4a16\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659fd68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_gallery\" data-id=\"659fd68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery galleryid-817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"659fd68\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Marine+Species+Richness+in+the+Coral+Triangle\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NzAzMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2JsdWVqYXBhbi5vcmdcL2ZyXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvMTlcLzIwMjFcLzA1XC9NYXJpbmVTcGVjaWVzUmljaG5lc3NpbnRoZUNvcmFsVHJpYW5nbGUuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNjU5ZmQ2OCJ9\" href='https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/MarineSpeciesRichnessintheCoralTriangle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/MarineSpeciesRichnessintheCoralTriangle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-7030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/MarineSpeciesRichnessintheCoralTriangle.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/MarineSpeciesRichnessintheCoralTriangle-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/MarineSpeciesRichnessintheCoralTriangle-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-7030'>\n\t\t\t\tCoral reef species per ecoregion, highlighting the influence of the Kuroshio current on Japan&#8217;s coral reefs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d50ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d50ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: <a href=\"http:\/\/ctatlas.reefbase.org\/coraltriangle.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coral Triangle Atlas ctatlas.reefbase.org\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c51055\" data-id=\"6c51055\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e7447 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"78e7447\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b2a63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23b2a63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The warm waters of the Kuroshio Current also sustain diverse coral reefs across Japan, which develop at <strong>higher latitude<\/strong> than elsewhere.<\/p><p>These reefs include the recently discovered cold water shallow coral colonies of <strong>Tsushima Island<\/strong>, in the Korea Strait between mainland Japan and the Korean peninsula, or those of <strong>Wakayama Prefecture<\/strong> in central Honsh\u016b, which are thought to <b>constitute the northernmost, non-deep water coral reef ecosystems in the world.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77d864c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77d864c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e93aa91\" data-id=\"e93aa91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0e00f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0e00f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b9c8d4\" data-id=\"4b9c8d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aea828a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aea828a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While the Kuroshio Current is somewhat affected by the Monsoon cycle, it also has a direct influence local weather in Japan.<\/p><p>Since air temperatures tend to be controlled by heat in ocean surface waters, and the Kuroshio carries warmer water from south to north, current-transported heat often induces cloud formations, which increase the chance of rain and also changes the path of storms.<br \/>During the winter season, for instance, if the Kuroshio takes a large meander, low-pressure zones will shift southward near Honsh\u016b Island, which will increase the chance of snowfalls in Tokyo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-25b0824\" data-id=\"25b0824\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caffaae elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"caffaae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f4d416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f4d416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/siggraph_currents_STILL2.24460.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-6935\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/siggraph_currents_STILL2.24460.jpg 920w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/siggraph_currents_STILL2.24460-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/05\/siggraph_currents_STILL2.24460-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kuroshio meandering off the Japanese coasts<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0899261 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0899261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image source: NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/10841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/10841<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a7d516 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a7d516\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <b>Kuroshio Current exhibits distinct seasonal fluctuations<\/b>, and its path off the coasts of Japan is reported every day (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamstec.go.jp\/aplinfo\/kowatch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuroshio Watcher<\/a>, a website in Japanese aimed at operators of the fishing industry).<br \/>The current is strongest from May to August. Receding a little in late summer and autumn, its flow begins to increase gradually from January to February only to weaken again in early spring, which greatly affects water temperatures, an important factor for fishermen and\u2026 scuba divers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b917c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b917c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81b6711\" data-id=\"81b6711\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ef88ab\" data-id=\"6ef88ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-972757c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"972757c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8ee1f9\" data-id=\"a8ee1f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6884838 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"6884838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/islands-of-japan\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-corrected-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1113\" alt=\"JAPANESE REGIONS AND MAJOR ISLAND CHAINS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-corrected-scaled.jpeg 2490w, https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/REGIONS-AND-MAJOR-ISLAND-CHAINS-MID-corrected-292x300.jpeg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/islands-of-japan\/\">Islands of Japan<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbd6ba7 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"dbd6ba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/islands-of-japan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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Japan<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4904a64 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4904a64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/seas-of-japan\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/maritime-geography\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JAPAN-EUROPE-NORTH-AMERICA-yellow.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/maritime-geography\/\">Maritime Geography<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b91d3 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"05b91d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/maritime-geography\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-321102d\" data-id=\"321102d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd7eb9e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fd7eb9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6310b9c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6310b9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-989ae6d elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"989ae6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/climate-and-season\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/03\/typhoon-xorld-meteorological-organisation-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1066\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/climate-and-season\/\">Climate &amp; Seasons<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157afb8 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"157afb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/bluejapan.org\/fr\/geography\/climate-and-season\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read 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