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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan national rugby team members celebrate after beating Wales 24-19 in the first match of their two-test series in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Rugby: Japan vs. Wales

Japan national rugby team members celebrate after beating Wales 24-19 in the first match of their two-test series in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2025.

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Cargo airplane operated by Yamato

Photo taken at Kitakyushu airport in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2023, shows a Japan Airlines cargo airplane set to be operated exclusively by transport giant Yamato Holdings Co. from April 2024.

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Cargo airplane operated by Yamato

Photo taken at Kitakyushu airport in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2023, shows the interior of a Japan Airlines cargo airplane set to be operated exclusively by transport giant Yamato Holdings Co. from April 2024.

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1,000 dumplings cooked on huge iron pan at festival

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Some 1,000 "gyoza" dumplings are cooked on a huge cast-iron pan during the fifth "National Goyza Matsuri" festival in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014.

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U.S. minesweeper Defender's pilothouse

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The pilothouse of the U.S. mine countermeasure ship Defender is opened to the press at Moji Port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 17, 2014.

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Grad student makes Japanese sake in Fukuoka Pref.

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Yukae Sato, a student at the University of Kitakyushu's Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, is pictured in January in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture with the Japanese sake she made called "Hibikino no Mori."

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co. unveils its 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of its inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co. unveils its 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of its Oct. 15 inauguration.

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Japan's largest car ferry launched

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Ishikari car ferry is launched at Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2010. The boat, some 16,000 tons in weight and some 200 meters in length, will be one of the largest car ferries in Japan.

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Downpour causes landslide

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A landslide on a mountain in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, is captured in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 14, 2010. Downpour over extensive areas of Japan has caused floods and landslides.

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Damaged container Carina Star

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A part of the starboard bow of the South Korean-registered container vessel Carina Star is seen damaged in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2009, following a collision with the destroyer Kurama of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force the previous day.

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S. Korean A-bomb survivor who sought unpaid medical fees dies

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Kang Young (photo), a South Korean atomic bomb survivor who filed a lawsuit in Japan over unpaid medical allowances, died on July 11 in a hospital in Busan, South Korea. He was 78. Lee, born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, was exposed to radiation in the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, while he was working there as a forced laborer. This photo was taken in February, 2003.

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New Kitakyushu Airport opens for business

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The terminal building of New Kitakyushu Airport is packed with passengers, mainly business people, on the opening day on March 16.

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New Kitakyushu Airport opens for business

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The terminal building of New Kitakyushu Airport is opened for business in a gala ceremony on March 16.

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N. Korean passenger ship calls at Kitakyushu port

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The North Korean passenger ship Man Gyong Bong No. 92 is berthed at Kitakyushu port in Fukuoka Prefecture on July 28. The 9,672-ton ship arrived earlier in the day to pick up passengers for a cruise to North Korea. About 340 Korean residents in Fukuoka and surrounding prefectures are expected to board the ship and depart Sunday for North Korea's Wonsan to visit ancestors' graves, see relatives and take part in school excursions.

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5 Chinese arrested for illegal entry into Japan

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Chinese-registered container ship Huai Lai He is berthed at a terminal in Hitakyushu's Tachinoura on Sept. 21. Police arrested five Chinese men who were among nine Chinese detained earlier in the day when they were found running from the ship. The ship entered the terminal via Osaka and Kobe after setting sail from Dalian on Sept. 15.

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Jazz singer to give CDs to 4,300 U.S. retirement homes

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Jazz vocalist Shoko Shiraishi, 30, poses July 31 as she prepares for a jazz concert on Aug. 2 in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, the proceeds from which will be used to donate compact discs of her music to about 4,300 U.S. retirement homes. The CD features American jazz music of the 1930's and 40's.

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Busy making kites for New Year

Yoshihiro Takeuchi (L) and his wife Hideko are busy making New Year kites in their workshop in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on Dec 8. Kite-flying is a traditional winter activity in Japan, especially during the New Year holiday. Takeuchi gets 3,000 orders a year from across Japan, 70 percent of them during the year-end season.