Japan's Kitakyushu Airport has been identified by a government-commissioned survey as being appropriate for privatisation. The airport is the closest in Japan to Korea (just 200km distant) and the ...

KITAKYUSHU -- An art museum here nicknamed "binoculars on the hill" because of its shape was built in 1974, when this southwestern Japan city was trying to shift away from heavy industry, and is still ...

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 ...

Few places evoke the rise and fall of Japan's industrial might than the head office of the Imperial Steel Works in Kitakyushu. The red brick Meiji Era building was the heart of the nation's first big ...

Once a grey industrialised metropolis that sat unheralded for decades on Japan’s southern island, Kitakyushu has been reborn as a green city that has rocketed to prominence as a "smart" role model for ...

Nissan Motor has decided to scrap its ambitious plan to build a ¥153.3 billion ($1.1 billion) electric vehicle battery plant in Kitakyushu, southern Japan—a move that reflects the company’s sharpening ...

You could be forgiven for thinking that you were in the center of Cardiff on an international match day due to the number of buildings proudly decorated with Welsh flags and buses emblazoned with the ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asensus Surgical, Inc. (NYSE American: ASXC), a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and the ...

JinkoSolar's SunTera energy storage system has gained widespread recognition for its ultimate safety and high efficiency. The SunTera system employs an advanced liquid cooling system that maintains ...

Wellawatte and JCI Kitakyushu of Japan marked a historic milestone as the two sister chapters celebrated their 50th anniversary of partnership ceremony held at the Radisson Colombo recently . ..