Kitakyushu was created in 1963 through the equal merger of five cities and celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2023.
With gratitude for the achievements made by our predecessors, we will continue to create a sustainable and attractive future for the city and aim for further development.
The enthusiasm of the citizens, the strength of the industry, the advanced environmental industry, international environmental cooperation efforts, as well as the superiority of the land are some of the great potentials of Kitakyushu.
We will maximise these potentials and take on the challenge to make the city the first choice for people and businesses, and to drive forward initiatives that contribute to a ‘reboot to growth’. The energy and liveliness generated by ‘growth’ will then promote a virtuous circle that becomes a source of ‘happiness’ in the form of peace, enjoyment, and mental well-being.
Kitakyushu is located at the gateway to Kyushu, the nexus between Honshu and Kyushu, and is at a key intersection for both land and sea transportation.
Due to these geographical characteristics, the city has developed into a manufacturing hub supporting the industrialization of modern Japan, with a wide range of industries concentrated in the area, including materials-oriented sectors such as steel and chemicals, as well as electrical machinery, semiconductors, and automobile factories.
Kitakyushu has overcome serious pollution problems through cooperation between industry, academia, government, and the private sector, and has boldly taken on various domestic and international challenges, including global warming, by utilizing the experience and environment-related technologies developed in the process.
In recognition of these efforts, the city was selected by the national government as an ‘SDGs Future City’ in 2018 and as ‘Decarbonisation Leading Areas’ in 2022.
Going forward, Kitakyushu will promote various initiatives, including the use of hydrogen and the introduction of renewable energy, under the Kitakyushu City Basic Environment Plan, and the Kitakyushu City Action Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures, and contribute to the realization of a decarbonised society by 2050 by developing the ‘Kitakyushu Model’, which realizes a virtuous circle between the environment and the economy, both in domestically and internationally.
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