HITA, Oita -- Akane Higuma, a 24-year-old female racer from this southwest Japan city, leapt from her job as a high school nurse into the world of boa･･･ ...

Japan stunned Wales in Kitakyushu with a first-Test fightback that condemned the visitors to an 18th successive defeat. The tourists led 19-7 at the break, but Japan scored all the second-half points ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Clean cities should be realized in collaboration with their citizens,” emphasized Mr. Aoyagi, who spoke about the city’s efforts to create a recycling-oriented society through the effective use and ...

KITAKYUSHU -- For about a year, some residents here have been working on transforming carp streamers and wind socks that are traditionally displayed over a local river every spring into colorful ...