Seitaro Hattori Elected As Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture
Voting for Fukuoka Prefecture’s gubernatorial election took place on April 11, resulting in Seitaro Hattori’s victory. The Kitakyushu-native politician had served as the Vice Governor of the prefecture for over nine years and supported the former Governor Ogawa, who resigned in recent months to receive cancer treatment. Hattori’s administration plans to continue most of the policy initiated by his predecessor. Voter turn-out marked a record-low at just 29.61%, which was 13% lower than that of the former gubernatorial election in 2019.
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New Manga Photo-taking Spot inside Kitakyushu Kokura Station
A new photo-taking spot featuring characters from the popular
manga “City Hunter” and Kitakyushu nightscapes opened at JR Kokura Station. The wall art stretches for about 15 meters along a passage between the Kokura Castle exit and the Shinkansen exit. More characters from the works of the Kitakyushu-native artist, Tsukasa Hojo, appear in the picture in the hope of attracting more visitors to the central area of the city.
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