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May 16, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu City to Introduce Two Term System for the Current Academic Year
The Kitakyushu City Board of Education has decided to introduce a two-semester system for municipal elementary, junior high, and special needs schools for the current academic year...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu Art House Cinema Sells Advance Passes as Stopgap
Kokura Showakan, the only art-film theater in Kitakyushu City, began selling post-corona passes. For six months from the day the cinema resumes operation, customers with the specia...
Apr 13, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu-based Company Launches Secret Fireworks to Cheer Up Residents
Wakino Art Factory, a Kitakyushu-based firework manufacturer, launched thirty large fireworks into the sky of the Higashitani district in Kokuraminami Ward, Kitakyushu, on April 10...
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...