Kitakyushu, formed by the merger of five towns in 1963, owes its manufacturing roots to the Imperial Yawata Works, which poured its first steel in 1901. Today, the mills are run by Nippon Steel & ...

Members of the "sushi capital city Kitakyushu council" are seen in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward on Aug. 7, 2024. (Mainichi/Chie Yamashita) KITAKYUSHU -- The government of this southwestern Japan city ...

KITAKYUSHU -- This southwestern Japan city has made improving academic performance a priority for fiscal 2026, placing ...

The Moji Port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture — which faces the Kanmon Straits separating the islands of Honshu and Kyushu — once saw the third-largest share of Japan’s annual exports flowing ...

If you find yourself anywhere near northern Kyushu or have time for a weekend getaway, head to Fukuoka Prefecture’s Kitakyushu City to see the beautiful wisteria tunnel. An hour drive north-east of ...

Japan's Kitakyushu Airport has been identified by a government-commissioned survey as being appropriate for privatisation. The airport is the closest in Japan to Korea (just 200km distant) and the ...

The decision from the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) will see Kitakyushu become the first city to stage both events in the same year. Copenhagen had been due to host the 2021 Artistic ...

Alight at Kokura Station to explore the rugged charms of Kitakyushu, a powerhouse of a port city that gave birth to Japan’s modern steel industry in the early 1900s and remains a key industrial hub – ...

Kitakyushu City Hall is seen in the city's Kokurakita Ward in this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo. (Mainichi/Kimiya Tanabe) KITAKYUSHU -- False social media claims that the Kitakyushu Municipal Government ...

The NHK WORLD-JAPAN truck "World GO!" will be making a stop in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on April 4th. More about the NHK WORLD-JAPAN truck "World GO!" booth: 1.Live public viewing of NHK ...