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Feb 4, 2022 Local News
Moji Chuo Market Revival Project
Life is returning to Kitakyushu City’s Moji Chuo Market as shuttered shops are to be rented out to new tenants. The market, established in 1957, currently has only ten shops operat...
Feb 1, 2022 Local News
Kitakyushu City Test Sheltering in Cars
An organization in Kitakyushu City seeks to utilize cars as temporary shelters during natural disasters. While taking refuge in a vehicle is considered an option if an evacuation o...
Jan 25, 2022 Local News
Kokura Shopping Center introduces Free Sanitary Napkin Machine
Saintcity shopping mall in Kokura City introduced free-of-charge sanitary-napkin dispensing machines. Eleven units of OiTr were installed in women’s restrooms on four floors (B1, 2...
Jan 25, 2022 Local News
Yamato Fly Their Own Jets Between Kitakyushu and Tokyo
Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. will introduce the first company-owned jets to connect Kitakyushu and two other domestic airports with Tokyo. Three A321 ships currently used as passenger...
Jan 21, 2022 Local News
PCR Kit Shortage Leads To Canceled Classes
Delayed PCR screening operations are causing extended school closures in Kitakyushu City. The city’s education committee has expanded its PCR handling capacity but still had no cho...
Jan 19, 2022 Local News
Uncrewed Ferry Test Completed in Kitakyushu
A trial to operate uncrewed cruise ships took place at Shinmoji Port in Kitakyushu City. The first project of the kind in the world saw a 222-meter-long vessel successfully sail ou...
Dec 17, 2021 Local News
Suspicious Plastic Containers Wash Up On Shores Again
Suspicious plastic containers are washing up on the beaches of Kitakyushu again. Last winter, the city found a total of 111 containers that had Hangul and Chinese letters written o...
Dec 3, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka: The Steely Backbone of Japan’s Modernization
The imperial steelworks established 120 years ago in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref., on the southern island of Kyushu, drove Japan's modernization. And coal mined in the nearby Chikuho ...
Nov 19, 2021 Local News
US University Considering Opening Campus In Kitakyushu
Officials from the University of Wisconsin-Stout visited Kitakyushu City. The American university is considering opening a Japanese Campus in Moji Ward in 2024, focusing on...
Nov 9, 2021 Local News
Increase of Kitakyushu – Incheon Cargo Flights Announced
The operation of an additional regular cargo flight between Kitakyushu and Incheon (Seoul) began this month. Korean Air cargo flights now operate from Wednesday to...