The final two rides of this chilly winter trip takes us east from Kumamoto, through the massive Aso Volcano crater, ...

Two 23-year-old men from Kitakyushu’s Kokurakita Ward have been arrested and indicted for possession of cannabis ...

A new anime production company, SO-DO Creative, has been established in Kitakyushu’s Kokurakita Ward. The studio aims to ...

Fukuoka City will begin its first academic excavation of the tenshudai (main keep foundation) at the Fukuoka Castle ruins in ...

A 15-year-old junior high school student was arrested for attempted murder after allegedly attacking a 16-year-old female friend with an ice pick in Yukuhashi City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on the evening ...

S ales of newly built condominiums in Fukuoka Prefecture fell by 18% in 2024, marking a sharp downturn driven by rising ...

The Kyushu Economic Federation (Kyukeiren) and the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) have agreed to collaborate on advancing the “New Silicon Island Kyushu” initiative—an effort to establish ...

A 21-year-old Vietnamese technical trainee has been convicted by the Fukuoka District Court for abandoning the body of a stillborn infant, highlighting systemic issues in Japan’s technical trainee ...

A record 1,200 foreign students attended a job fair in Fukuoka targeting 2026 graduates from local universities and vocational ...