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Sep 22, 2022 Local News
Kitakyushu City and Saibu Gas Sign Agreement to Go Carbon Neutral
Kitakyushu City and Saibu Gas have signed a partnership agreement to achieve carbon neutrality, which means virtually zero greenhouse gas emissions. Mayor Kenji Kitahashi of Kitaky...
Sep 2, 2022 Local News
Star Flyer And Japanet Form Business Alliance
Star Flyer, a Kitakyushu-based airline, announced that it has formed a capital and business alliance with mail order company Japanet Holdings, and will collaborate in...
Jul 28, 2022 Local News
Toto’s Fourth Vietnam Factory Begins Operations
Toto has completed construction on its Fourth Vietnam Factory, which will produce sanitary ware, and it has begun operations. The total floor area of the factory and distribution w...
Jul 28, 2022 Local News
Tokyo Girls Collection to be Held in Kitakyushu in November
The organizing committee for Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC), one of Japan's major fashion events, has announced that it will hold a TGC fashion show in Kitakyushu on November 19...
Jul 13, 2022 Local News
Source of School Lunch Metallic Screw Found
According to the Kitakyushu Board of Education, a metal screw was found in a side dish at a municipal elementary school in Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu City, on July 7. The metallic screw...
Jun 24, 2022 Local News
Debris Removed From Fire at Kitakyushu City’s Tanga Market
On June 23, workers began clearing debris from the fire that broke out at Kitakyushu City's Tanga Market in April of this year. More than two months after the fire, which destroyed...
Jun 24, 2022 Local News
Kitakyushu City Mayor Calls on Public To Remove Masks To Prevent Heat Stroke
Mayor Kitahashi of Kitakyushu City reiterated his call for people to remove their masks to prevent heat stroke and asked for understanding from those who wear stickers indicating t...
Jun 23, 2022 Local News
EV Motors Japan Wins Business Award
The Kyushu New Business Conference gave its annual award to EV Motors Japan. The Kitakyushu-based startup succeeded in extending battery life to standards matching...
Jun 3, 2022 Local News
Tobata Gion Oyamagasa Festival Cancelled
The festival in Kitakyushu City has been canceled again. The festival, held every July in Tobata Ward, Kitakyushu City, is a festival in which four "pyramids of light" stacked with...
Jun 2, 2022 Local News
Woman Arrested for Chihuahua Thievery in Kitakyushu
A 50-year-old woman was arrested for stealing a Chihuahua from a pet store in Kitakyushu City. According to the police, the 50-year-old woman is suspected of stealing a 3-month-old...
