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Kitakyushu City Announces Priority Vaccinations for Local Essential Workers
The city plans to give the new coronavirus vaccination to approximately 50,000 residents who are working as school and nursery teachers, elderly care workers in early July. The ear...
Horie Plans Independent Professional Baseball Team in Kitakyushu
Kyushu’s independent pro-baseball league, Kyushu Asia League (KAL), will welcome a new Kitakyushu City-based team from next season. Earlier in April, the famous Japanese entreprene...
Gardening Tools and Seeds Sales Up
Gardening tools and seeds are selling well, as more people spend more time at home. A Kitakyushu-based store reported that the sales of such items during 2020 were 1.4 times larger...
Edible Insect Vending Machine For Kokura Arcade
A startup venture by students at the Tokyo University Of Agriculture is running a crowdfunding project to bring an edible insect vending machine to Kokura City. The Utsusemi Techno...
Rakugo Comedian To Perform From Back of Truck
A Kitakyushu-based rakugo story-teller, Tachibanaya Bunta, debuted his 'rakugo car' on May 5. His first on-truck performance took place at Takami Shirine in Yahatahigashi Ward, wit...
Hotel with Library of 40,000 Books Opens in Kitakyushu
Hotel Relief Kokura Annex opened on Apr 16. Just 10 minutes away on foot from JR Kokura Station, the stylish hotel is stocked with some 40,000 books and manga, possibly the most vo...
Sukesan Udon Provides Free Food For Children’s Cafeterias
Sukesan, a major udon noodle restaurant chain in Fukuoka Prefecture, launched an initiative to serve food at ‘kodomo shokudo’...
New Ferry Route Links Kitakyushu to Yokosuka
A new passenger and vehicle ferry route connecting Shinmoji Port in Kitakyushu with Yokosuka Port in Kanagawa Prefecture will open on July 1, 2021. Operated by...
Kitakyushu Prepares to Host LGBT Weddings
Kitakyushu-based wedding halls and photo studios held a joint seminar to provide services for LGBT couples. Approximately seventy workers attended the first meeting...
Teleworking and Fewer Business Trips Improve Yaskawa’s Earnings
Yaskawa Electric Corporation announced its consolidated accounts for the 2021 February term, which resulted in a considerable increase in revenue despite the new coronavirus-induce...