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Japan Current
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Japan Current

Warm ocean current flowing from Japan to North America.



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Meteorologists can now view the complex structures and origins of the whip like Kuroshio Current, a major warm water current flowing northeasterly along the Pacific coasts of Taiwan and Japan and moderating weather in the two countries by conveying heat and moisture from the south to higher latitudes.
Using a computer program called Ocean Surface Current Simulations (OSCURS), Ebbesmeyer predicts the Kuroshio current, a major Pacific Ocean current, will carry the toys and balloons due east toward North America.
 
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