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torial stream, which, turning towards 

 the north in the vicinity of the Philip- 

 pines, runs along the Loochoo islands. 

 At the Kiushu islands, it divides into 

 two streams, the main or eastern being 

 known as the Japan or Black current. 

 This runs still farther northward and 

 northeastward to Vancouver island, on 

 the opposite side of the Pacific ocean. 

 It is this current which washes the east 

 coast of the main island (Honshu) of 

 the Japanese archipelago, running as far 

 north as Kinkwa-san island in the 

 summer, but in winter pushed aside by 

 the cold stream from Behring sea, so 

 that at this time of the year it can- 

 not be traced farther north than Cape 

 Inuboi. 



The lesser of the two branches of 

 the north equatorial stream is known 

 as the Korean current. It washes the 

 western coast of the Kiushu islands 



