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Jun 18, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu City To Issue SDGs Bonds
The Kitakyushu City SDGs Future Bonds would be the first such bonds issued by a local government in Japan. The city aims to sell approximately ¥10 billion bonds between September a...
Jun 3, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu Woman Donated One Hundred Million Yen to Board of Education
Kitakyushu City’s board of education received a ¥100 million donation from a local woman who had passed away in March at the age of ninety-seven. Having had no children on her own,...
Jun 1, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu City Announces Priority Vaccinations for Local Essential Workers
The city plans to give the new coronavirus vaccination to approximately 50,000 residents who are working as school and nursery teachers, elderly care workers in early July. The ear...
May 24, 2021 Local News
Horie Plans Independent Professional Baseball Team in Kitakyushu
Kyushu’s independent pro-baseball league, Kyushu Asia League (KAL), will welcome a new Kitakyushu City-based team from next season. Earlier in April, the famous Japanese entreprene...
May 24, 2021 Local News
Gardening Tools and Seeds Sales Up
Gardening tools and seeds are selling well, as more people spend more time at home. A Kitakyushu-based store reported that the sales of such items during 2020 were 1.4 times larger...
May 18, 2021 Local News
Edible Insect Vending Machine For Kokura Arcade
A startup venture by students at the Tokyo University Of Agriculture is running a crowdfunding project to bring an edible insect vending machine to Kokura City. The Utsusemi Techno...
May 11, 2021 Local News
Rakugo Comedian To Perform From Back of Truck
A Kitakyushu-based rakugo story-teller, Tachibanaya Bunta, debuted his 'rakugo car' on May 5. His first on-truck performance took place at Takami Shirine in Yahatahigashi Ward, wit...
May 10, 2021 Local News
Hotel with Library of 40,000 Books Opens in Kitakyushu
Hotel Relief Kokura Annex opened on Apr 16. Just 10 minutes away on foot from JR Kokura Station, the stylish hotel is stocked with some 40,000 books and manga, possibly the most vo...
Apr 26, 2021 Local News
Sukesan Udon Provides Free Food For Children’s Cafeterias
Sukesan, a major udon noodle restaurant chain in Fukuoka Prefecture, launched an initiative to serve food at ‘kodomo shokudo’...
Apr 15, 2021 Local News
New Ferry Route Links Kitakyushu to Yokosuka
A new passenger and vehicle ferry route connecting Shinmoji Port in Kitakyushu with Yokosuka Port in Kanagawa Prefecture will open on July 1, 2021. Operated by...
