Japan's postwar social security system was crafted around the roles of families and companies. However, as society has ...

Wales will play Test matches against Japan in Kitakyushu and Kobe this summer. The first Test, at Kitakyushu's Mikuni World ...

Its chef-owner, Koji Suganuma, melds Italian and Japanese cuisines into a bombshell hybrid. The menu at Bekk rolls with the ...

The murder with a homemade gun shocked Japan, where firearms are highly controlled ... reportedly entered the restaurant in the city of Kitakyushu and stabbed them both. In January 2022, three ...

After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature ...

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 ...

Sunny with a high of 49 °F (9.4 °C). Winds N at 11 mph (17.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from NNE to NE at 5 to 10 mph (8 to 16.1 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Sunny today ...

When caught committing crimes for economic gain in Japan, it’s common for the accused to say their motive was to obtain money ...

the ceremony at West Japan General Exhibition Center in Kitakyushu's Kokurakita Ward was carried out targeting 8,967 residents who reach 20 years of age this fiscal year. The event's executive ...

(Mainichi/Kazuhito Ito) FUKUOKA -- Remnants discovered of a train station built in the late 19th century in the southwest Japan city of Kitakyushu, originally slated to be preserved or moved ...

The arrest pertains to an incident where one male and one female junior high school student were injured and killed, respectively, by a man at a McDonald’s fast food restaurant in Kitakyushu in ...

Authorities rearrested Masanori Hirabaru, who was in custody for the attempted murder of a 15-year-old boy in the fast-food restaurant in the city of Kitakyushu, on a charge of killing Saya ...