The concept of Berry curvature is essential for various transport phenomena. However, an effect of the Berry curvature on magnetochiral anisotropy, i.e., nonreciprocal magnetotransport, is still elusive. Here, we report that the Berry curvature induces the large magnetochiral anisotropy. In Weyl semimetal WTe_{2}, we observe the strong enhancement of the magnetochiral anisotropy when the Fermi level is located near the Weyl points. Notably, the maximal figure of merit γ[over ¯] reaches 1.2×10^{-6}  m^{2} T^{-1} A^{-1}, which is the largest ever reported in bulk materials. Our semiclassical calculation shows that the diverging Berry curvature at the Weyl points strongly enhances the magnetochiral anisotropy.

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