<P> It begins off the east coast of Luzon , Philippines , Taiwan and flows northeastward past Japan , where it merges with the easterly drift of the North Pacific Current . It is analogous to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean , transporting warm , tropical water northward toward the polar region . It is sometimes known as the Black Stream -- the English translation of kuroshio and an allusion to the deep blue of its water -- and also as the `` Japan Current '' ( 日本 海流 , Nihon Kairyū ) . </P>
<P> It begins off the east coast of Luzon , Philippines , Taiwan and flows northeastward past Japan , where it merges with the easterly drift of the North Pacific Current . It is analogous to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean , transporting warm , tropical water northward toward the polar region . It is sometimes known as the Black Stream -- the English translation of kuroshio and an allusion to the deep blue of its water -- and also as the `` Japan Current '' ( 日本 海流 , Nihon Kairyū ) . </P>
kuroshi is a warm ocean current which runs from
kuroshi is a warm ocean current which runs from
the east coast of Luzon , Philippines , Taiwan and flows northeastward past Japan
the east coast of Luzon , Philippines , Taiwan and flows northeastward past Japan