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Satoshi Tanaka (second from left) scores Japan's second goal against Ukraine during the second half of their under-23 soccer friendly on Monday in Kitakyushu.
SOCCER
Mar 26, 2024
Japan beats Ukraine in under-23 soccer friendly
Japan bounced back from a 3-1 loss to Mali in another friendly three days earlier.
A court sketch shows Satoru Nomura, head of the Kudokai crime syndicate (center), and Fumio Tanoue, the group's second-in-command (right), during their sentencing at the Fukuoka High Court on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2024
Death sentence overturned for Kudokai gang boss
The criminal mastermind remained expressionless and stared directly at the judge as it was announced that the death sentence had been overturned.
Police examine the scene where a car veered into a group of pedestrians in Umi, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2023
Nine injured after car plows into pedestrians in Fukuoka Prefecture
The injured included a high school student who was knocked temporarily unconscious and the vehicle's driver.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2022
We're hiring: Babies wanted for Japan nursing home
New recruits at the facility must be under four years old, and their guardians have to sign a contract stipulating that the babies and can show up for work 'whenever they feel like it.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 14, 2021
Gymnastics world championships in Kitakyushu to allow spectators
With COVID-19 infections declining in the area, organizers are planning to let fans attend the artistic and rhythmic gymnastics events in late October.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 8, 2020
Kitakyushu to host both gymnastics world championships in 2021
The southern city of Kitakyushu will host the 2021 Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) announced on Sunday, becoming the first city to welcome both events in the same year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2020
Tokyo hospital faces group infections as Japan fears second coronavirus wave
Infections in Tokyo rose to nearly 5,200 on Thursday, the highest among the country's 47 prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2020
Cluster response team sent to virus-hit Kitakyushu
The city of Kitakyushu, which saw dozens of coronavirus cases from early March to late April, did not report any infections between April 30 and last Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2019
Kitakyushu and Fukuoka to introduce accommodation tax from April
Kitakyushu officials agreed with the Fukuoka Prefectural Government on Friday to set its planned accommodation tax for people staying at hotels in the city at ¥200 per guest per night.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jul 5, 2019
Guardian Angels Japan finding less to do in Kitakyushu, one-time city of yakuza 'endless conflict'
Up until five years ago, the city of Kitakyushu had for decades grappled with so many shootings and violent attacks by organized crime groups that it was known as a city of shura (never-ending conflict).
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2019
Father arrested in Japan for using shock collar to discipline children
A 45-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for the alleged use of a shock collar to discipline his three children, police said, the latest in a series of child abuse cases that have prompted legislators to seek a ban on corporal punishment.
Japan Times
Rugby
Apr 20, 2019
Sakura Sevens lose three times in Kitakyushu event
Japan's women lost all three of their matches on Saturday, while defending champion New Zealand missed its chance at a consecutive-victories record in the Kitakyushu Sevens, the fourth leg of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Nov 3, 2018
Daichi Nakamura: In pursuit of perfection
This year marks 25 years of violin study for Daichi Nakamura. His practice has earned him a host of international accolades and the position of guest soloist at renowned symphony orchestras in Europe such as the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 1, 2018
Police suspect arson in 2017 apartment fire that killed six in Fukuoka
A fire that killed six men at an apartment building in Fukuoka Prefecture about a year ago could have been a case of arson, investigative sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2018
Japanese man gets life term for murdering two Kitakyushu women
A 44-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for the murders of two women at his apartment in Kitakyushu.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 17, 2018
Wales hoping to win new friends at Rugby World Cup
The Wales national rugby team wants to "do more than just turn up, have a great time and then disappear" during the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, and plans to forge a lasting relationship with the city of Kitakyushu.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2017
Kitakyushu's Space World draws early morning crowd for farewell party
Fans began lining up at 4 a.m. Sunday to enter Space World amusement park in Kitakyushu for its final day in business.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 8, 2017
Former SDF member who barricaded himself in Fukuoka home after shooting pet dog found dead
A man who barricaded himself inside his home on Wednesday after shooting his pet dog was found dead when a police team stormed the apartment in Fukuoka Prefecture, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2017
Kudo-kai gangsters held in Shimizu worker's 2011 shooting in Kitakyushu
Six members of the Kudo-kai underworld syndicate are arrested in connection with the shooting of a construction worker in Kyushu in 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2017
Realtor had doubled rents on day-laborer apartment complex where fire killed six
The real estate agency managing an apartment building in Kitakyushu where six people died in a fire Sunday night had a regular policy of nearly doubling the rent for tenants who lived there for more than a month — a move intended to deter long-term stays, realtor sources said Tuesday.

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