Registration for the 12th Fukuoka Marathon, scheduled for November 9, is open until 8:00 p.m. on May 21 via the event’s official website. The full marathon, starting in Tenjin and ending in Itoshima, ...

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Famed manga artist Seizo Watase met with Kitakyushu Mayor Kazuhisa Takeuchi on May 7 to propose branding the city as a “manga capital” to attract global visitors. Watase, a Kitakyushu native and ...

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This special edition of Thursday Gathering, hosted by Mizuho Bank, features a lineup of notable speakers from the worlds of ...

A public-private partnership in Kitakyushu City aiming to address declining public transit use has been selected for a national initiative. With ridership down 70% compared to 60 years ago and a ...

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