T he Tokyo-based trading firm Seika Sangyo has donated ¥20 million to Kitakyushu City through the corporate hometown tax ...

A 28-year-old Chinese national was arrested on the spot for allegedly assaulting a female staff member at the “Demon Slayer: ...

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Kitakyushu-based airline StarFlyer is considering restarting regular international flights to Asia in spring 2026. President Osamu Machida announced the formation of an internal review team and ...

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Kitakyushu City has launched a cross-departmental task force to formally consider making school lunches free for all public elementary and junior high schools. In the inaugural meeting, Mayor Takeuchi ...

Fukuoka City has launched drone-based surveying of the Honmaru and Tenshudai areas at Fukuoka Castle, ahead of its first academic excavation to determine whether a castle tower (tenshukaku) once ...

The Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum will reopen on May 2 at a new location on Jotenji-dori, near Hakata Station. Formerly housed inside the Fukuoka City Museum, the facility closed in early ...

Fukuoka City has completed a project to bury power lines along the 1.2-kilometer stretch of prefectural road from Saitozaki ...

The Keyaki-Dori Development Association, chaired by Books Kubrick owner Minoru Oi, has received the Prime Minister’s Award ...