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Man Arrested Over Laser Incident on Trains

Police in Kitakyushu arrested a 52-year-old company employee on suspicion of obstructing business operations by...

Two Arrested in Alleged Car–Motorbike Attack

Police in Fukuoka Prefecture arrested a 24-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of attempted murder after...

StarFlyer Trainee Arrested Over Drug Use

StarFlyer announced that a 24-year-old trainee pilot was arrested in January on suspicion of using stimulants...

Kitakyushu Proposes Record Budget

Kitakyushu City unveiled a record ¥647.7 billion general account budget for fiscal 2026, up 1% from the previous year...

Nishitetsu Lifts Profit Forecast 49%

Nishi-Nippon Railroad raised its consolidated net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2026 by ¥6 billion to ¥31 billion...

JR Kyushu to Acquire Hakata Plant Site

JR Kyushu and two partners announced on February 10 that they had signed a sales agreement to acquire the site of Asahi Breweries’...

Kokura Castle Hits 10 Million Visitors

Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu welcomed its 10 millionth visitor on February 11, marking a milestone for one of the city’s...

Foreign Workers in Fukuoka Hit New Record

The number of foreign workers in Fukuoka Prefecture reached a record 85,385 as of the end of October 2025, an increase of 9,186...