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Mar 24, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu City Staff Infected with COVID-19 – Kokuraminami Ward Office Closed
It was confirmed on March 23 that a public servant working inside the Kokuraminami Ward Office in Kitakyushu City became infected with the COVID-19 virus. The city announced that.....
Mar 19, 2020 Local News
Some Olympic Training Camps in Kyushu Canceled
Several pre-game training camps planned for the Kyushu area in advance of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic have been canceled. The cities of Fukutsu and Koga, where training c...
Mar 19, 2020 Local News
Rocket for Research Launched From Hiraodai, Kitakyushu
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau issued a report on the number of foreigners who entered Japan through Kyushu in 2019. According to that, a total of 4.2 million people arrived ...
Mar 13, 2020 Local News
Hawks Players Cheer Up Children Through Video Series
Members of the Softbank Hawks baseball team participated in a series of video messages to children amidst the ongoing school closure. The athletes took turns appearing on a video s...
Mar 11, 2020 Local News
Historic Kenjiro Matsumoto Residence Open House
The former residence of Kenjiro Matsumoto in Kitakyushu City (listed as an Important Cultural Assets and Heritage of Industrial Modernization of Japan) will welcome visitors on Apr...
Mar 4, 2020 Local News
Budget Approval Expected for Lengthening Kitakyushu Runway
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism is expected to appropriate a budget to cover the cost of lengthening the runway at Kitakyushu Airport. The airport serv...
Feb 21, 2020 Local News
AEON to Open Their Largest Mall in Former Space World
A large-scale outlet mall, The Outlet, will open on the former Space World site in the spring of 2022. On February 19, Aeon Mall Corporation announced the outline of the new shoppi...
Feb 21, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu City Boasts Economic Benefit From Rugby World Cup
Kitakyushu City announced that the economic effect of the Rugby World Cup 2019 exceeded ¥2.3 billion. The city hosted a training camp for the Welsh national team for six days in Se...
Feb 19, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu City Supporting Low Carbon Initiatives Overseas
Kitakyushu City is working on reducing plastic wastes in Southeast-Asian countries through a partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP.) The city's private...
Jan 31, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Signs Mou With Volga-dnepr Airlines
Fukuoka Prefecture and Kitakyushu City exchanged a memorandum of understanding with...
