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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...
May 18, 2022 Local News
Train Driver Caught Playing Smartphone Game While Driving
A driver in his 20s was found to have been playing games on his smartphone several times while driving a local train on the JR Chikuho Main Line yesterday. According to JR Kyushu.....
May 17, 2022 Local News
Bus Driver Arrested for Public Indecency on Train
A Nishitetsu bus driver was arrested for exposing his lower body on a JR train. The man denies the charge. The suspect, a 53-year-old bus driver, was arrested on suspicion of publi...
May 13, 2022 Local News
Unemployed Man Nabbed For Painting Theft at Mojiko Station
According to police, an unemployed 67-year-old man in Mojiko Ward, Kitakyushu City, is suspected of stealing one of the paintings from an art exhibition held at JR Mojiko Station. ...
Apr 26, 2022 Local News
New Outlet Mall To Open on Former Space World Site
The Outlets Kitakyushu will open on the site of the former Space World in Kitakyushu City on April 28 as one of the largest outlet stores in Kyushu, with approximately...
