Originally, the Americans targeted the city of Kokura, but decided to drop the bomb on Nagasaki after cloud cover over Kokura blocked the pilots' vision. Nearly 40,000 people died instantly in ...

And now, after years of dwindling business and the recent spread of the novel coronavirus, the owner has finally lost her drive to continue operating A-kyu Kokura Gekijo (A-list Kokura Theater ...

Changing perceptions on a visit to JapanThe great joy of travel is that sense of discovery when it becomes clear that previously held perceptions were wrong. Avoiding blame for ICs errorsIf an ...

The suspect, Masanori Hirabaru, 43, lives in the city’s Kokura-Minami Ward near the site where Saaya Nakajima, 15, was killed. He was arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder the male ...