Local News
- TOP
- Local News
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...
Feb 21, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu City Boasts Economic Benefit From Rugby World Cup
Kitakyushu City announced that the economic effect of the Rugby World Cup 2019 exceeded ¥2.3 billion. The city hosted a training camp for the Welsh national team for six days in Se...
Feb 19, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu City Supporting Low Carbon Initiatives Overseas
Kitakyushu City is working on reducing plastic wastes in Southeast-Asian countries through a partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP.) The city's private...
Jan 31, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Signs Mou With Volga-dnepr Airlines
Fukuoka Prefecture and Kitakyushu City exchanged a memorandum of understanding with...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
Nishitetsu to Road Test Self-Driving Buses
Two self-drive buses belonging to Nishitetsu Bus will soon be road tested in Kitakyushu City. According to the company's announcement on January 23, a microbus with a capacity of 3...
Nov 27, 2019 Local News
Kanmon Strait Museum Reopens After Renovations
On Sept. 21, the Kanmon Strait Museum in Mojiko reopened after the completion of renovations. The main attraction...
Nov 21, 2019 Local News
Plans for New Hotel in Moji, Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu City announced on November 12 that it had given a right of first refusal in the redevelopment of the former head office of JR Kyushu in Moji Ward to an investment manage...
Nov 20, 2019 Local News
Commemorative Tickets for Kanmon Railway Tunnel
JR Kyushu will issue commemorative return tickets to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the Kanmon Railway Tunnel. Two pieces of thick paper tickets replicating the...
