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Kurume Population Drops Below 300,000 for First Time

Kurume City’s population fell to 299,663 as of February 1, marking the first time it has dropped below 300,000 since...

Kurume to Raise School Lunch Fees

Kurume City will raise school lunch fees for elementary and junior high students starting in April due to...

Former Kurume Company President and Four Others Arrested for COVID-19 Subsidy Fraud

The former president of a company operating wedding venues in Kurume City and four others have been arrested on...

Kurume Emergency Inspection Finds Degraded School Equipment

Following an accident at a Kurume elementary school where a child fell from a rusty metal structure and suffered a spinal injury...

ICT Enhancements to Reduce Teacher Workloads in Kurume

Kurume City plans to further reduce the workloads of teachers by utilizing ICT. Mayor Haraguchi announced initiatives such as...

Five Arrested in Kurume Robbery of Company Executive’s Home

Police have arrested five men in their 20s in connection with an August home invasion in Kurume City. The suspects...

Kurume Woman Donates 410 Children’s Books Worth ¥1M to Local Library

Kurume resident Yoshimi Kuma has donated 410 children’s books worth ¥1 million to Mizuma Library, adding to...

Fugitive Activist Arrested in Fukuoka

Police arrested Azami Gotō, a 69-year-old activist from the radical Kakurōkyō group, on fraud charges after allegedly using...