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Jun 12, 2020 Local News
No New COVID-19 Infections in Kitakyushu Yesterday
On June 11, Fukuoka Prefecture announced two more cases of the new coronavirus infection. These cases involve Fukuoka City residents in their twenties and thirties. Meanwhile, it w...

Jun 8, 2020 Local News
Weekend Sees Fewer COVID-19 In Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu City announced five confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection over the weekend (June 6 ~ 7.) Amongst the new patients was a man, who had been hospitalized at a lo...

Jun 3, 2020 Local News
More Test Positive for COVID-19 in Kitakyushu – Attendance at Some Schools Down
On June 2, Kitakyushu City announced six more confirmed infections of the new coronavirus. The cumulative total for the city for the past eleven days is 119. According to the city,...

Jun 2, 2020 Local News
Sixteen New Cases of COVID-19 in Kitakyushu – 113 cases in Past Ten Days
Sixteen more cases of the new coronavirus infections were reported in Kitakyushu City on June 1. The new instances involve another suspected cluster at a medical facility in Yahata...

Jun 1, 2020 Local News
COVID-19 Infections Reported at Four Schools in Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu City announced 12 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on May 31. The new instances involve a suspected cluster at Moritsune Elementary School in Kokura-minami Ward. Infecti...

May 30, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu Announces 26 New Cases – Governor Calls for Self-restraint on Outings
On May 29, Kitakyushu City announced 26 more confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the weekly total to 69. Reflecting on the situation, the Fukuoka Governor Hiroshi Ogaw...

May 29, 2020 Local News
21 New Infections in Kitakyushu Yesterday – Citizens Asked to Refrain from Non-essential Outings
On May 28, Kitakyushu City announced 21 more confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infections, including four with unknown transmission routes. The cases involve eleven medical wo...

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...