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Nishitetsu to Open Airport Transportation Hub in Kokuraminami
Nishitetsu has announced plans to renovate the Nakatani Service Office in Kokuraminami Ward, Kitakyushu into a transition hub for airport users. By 2020, it will open a new waiting...
Now Kitakyushu Wants Its Own Accommodation Tax Arrangement
At a press conference on May 29, the Mayor of Kitakyushu City announced his intention to levy an accommodation tax on hotel and ryokan guests. This comes after the agreement betwee...
Kitakyushu City Proposes Switch to Biomass Plastic Bags
Kitakyushu City aims to reduce the environmental impact of plastic materials through a new project. Beginning in fiscal 2019, the city's Plastics Smart Promotion Project will repla...
Huge Offshore Windmill Tested in Kitakyushu
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) began test operations of an offshore wind power generator on May 21. The generator measures 70 m in height ...
Kyuden Supply LNG Fuel to Ships
On May 15, Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) and Saibu Gas supplied liquefied natural gas (LNG) to small cargo ships in the Port of Kitakyushu as part of an experiment to introduce mo...
Bridgestone to Expand Factory in Kitakyushu
Bridgestone Corporation is planning to purchase a fourteen-hectare land next to its factory in Kitakyushu City. The company announced on May 20 that it will expand the capacity of ...
Colombian Olympic Teams Training in Kitakyushu
On April 16, Colombia signed a memorandum outlining plans for some of their sports teams to hold training camps in Kitakyushu City ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics games...
Kyushu’s Oldest Beer Returns
The Mojiko Retro Beer factory has revived Kyushu's oldest beer. Sakura Beer returned to the shelves on March 30 and sold at ¥540 per bottle. The Imperial Brewery produced the alcoh...
New Shimonoseki-Kitakyushu Road Feasibility Research Begins
Pre-research for the construction of a Shimonoseki-Kitakyushu Road was released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Mar. 19. Minister Keiichi Ishii re...
Kitakyushu Taxi Company Begins Use of Uber App
Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo Co., Ltd. in Kitakyushu City has partnered Uber Japan to provide a new taxi-hailing service using the Uber app. The company announced on Mar. 4 that in additio...