A 12-year-old boy fell to his death from the 18th floor of an apartment building in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Saturday night. According to police, a neighbor called 110 at around 9:30 p.

Pizza, famously, is hard to screw up, so much so that “_____ is like pizza. Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good,” became shorthand for things in which acceptable quality is very easy to find.

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 ...

A 43-year-old man suspected of stabbing two teens at a McDonald’s outlet in Kitakyushu has said he targeted them because he thought they were mocking him, sources close to the investigation revealed ...

Members of the "sushi capital city Kitakyushu council" are seen in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward on Aug. 7, 2024. (Mainichi/Chie Yamashita) KITAKYUSHU -- The government of this southwestern Japan city ...

Setsuko Nakamura, right, and others show reusable shopping bags and other items made from used carp streamers while preserving the original design in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward, July 30, 2025.

The NHK WORLD-JAPAN truck "World GO!" will be making a stop in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on April 4th. More about the NHK WORLD-JAPAN truck "World GO!" booth: 1.Live public viewing of NHK ...