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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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 ...

Kyushu and Okinawa’s business sentiment declined again in April, according to Teikoku Databank’s latest survey. The region’s economic DI dropped to 44.8, down 0.9 points from March. Retail and ...

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

The Nagasaki Peace Promotion Association and local partners will host the second “Nagasaki Peace-preneur Forum” on May 17–18. The event, marking 80 years since the atomic bombing, will feature talks ...