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Kitakyushu Budget Backs School Meals and Small Businesses
Kitakyushu Mayor Kazuhisa Takeuchi announced a 2.72 billion yen supplementary budget proposal for the September city assembly session. The plan includes 96 million yen to...
LDP to Question Fukuoka Branch Over Assembly Turmoil
The Liberal Democratic Party leadership plans to question senior members of its Fukuoka prefectural branch on August 28 over continuing turmoil in the prefectural assembly...
Former METI Official Plans Fukuoka Mayoral Run
Hisaya Watanabe, a 58-year-old company president from Fukuoka's Sawara Ward, intends to run in the next Fukuoka mayoral election. Born in Kitakyushu, Watanabe worked for...
Kurauchi Seeks Fukuoka Assembly Resignation
Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly Speaker Isao Kurauchi submitted a request to resign as an assembly member on August 24. He was expected to step down on August 25 after...
Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima Will Not Seek Fifth Term
Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced on August 23 that he will not run in the November 15 mayoral election and will leave office when his fourth term ends on December 6.
Fukuoka Assembly Speaker Plans to Resign
Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly Speaker Isao Kurauchi said on August 17 that he intends to step down around the September session. Sources said he plans to resign after...
Fukuoka Freezes Unstarted One Health Projects Pending Review
Fukuoka Governor Seitaro Hattori said the prefecture would temporarily freeze One Health projects that have not yet begun while an administrative reform council...
Fukuoka Assembly Reveals Overseas Trip Costs
The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly disclosed the cost of its overseas inspection trips for the first time, showing that 23 missions conducted since the current members' terms...
Fukuoka Assembly Approves Independent Cash Probe
The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly decided on August 5 to ask the prefectural bar association to help establish an independent committee under Japan Federation of Bar...
Kaohsiung, Kitakyushu Send Aid to Yatsushiro
Taiwan's Kaohsiung City and Kitakyushu City jointly sent emergency supplies to Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on August 3 following earthquake damage in the area...