Kitakyushu (English Wikipedia)

"Kita-Kyushu sheds image as city gripped by yakuza violence". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
Shiraishi, Masayuki (August 14, 2025). 関門海峡花火大会に1万8千発ドローンで巌流島の決闘も再現 [18,000 fireworks to be launched at the Kanmon Strait Fireworks Festival; the duel at Ganryu Island also recreated using drones.]. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved August 2, 2026.

camaraipatinga.mg.gov.br (Global: low place; English: low place)

Câmara Municipal de Ipatinga: Lei Nº618 de 24/07/1978 - "Considera Kitakyushu, no Japão, cidade irmã de Ipatinga".

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"Kurosaki Gion Yamakasa (Float) Festival". Crossroad Fukuoka. Fukuoka Prefecture Tourist Association. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

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OECD (October 18, 2013). Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan. OECD. p. 14. doi:10.1787/9789264204614-ja. ISBN 978-9264204607.
Ortiz-Moya, Fernando (April 2, 2020). "Green growth strategies in a shrinking city: Tackling urban revitalization through environmental justice in Kitakyushu City, Japan". Journal of Urban Affairs. 42 (3): 7. doi:10.1080/07352166.2018.1448225. ISSN 0735-2166.
Yanagi, Tetsuo; Yamada, Machiko; Suzuki, Manabu (December 1, 1999). "A Challenge of Water Purification in Dokai Bay, Japan". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 38 (12): 1063–1069. Bibcode:1999MarPB..38.1063Y. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00192-7. ISSN 0025-326X.
Kagami, Mitsuhiro (February 23, 2007). "Iron Town Cluster: Yawata, its Glory, Decline and Rebirth". Industrial Agglomeration and New Technologies. pp. 55–60. doi:10.4337/9781847204462.00009. ISBN 9781847204462.
OECD (October 18, 2013). Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan. OECD. p. 35. doi:10.1787/9789264204614-ja. ISBN 978-9264204607.
OECD (October 18, 2013). Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan. OECD. pp. 38–42. doi:10.1787/9789264204614-ja. ISBN 978-9264204607.
OECD (October 18, 2013). Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan. OECD. p. 111. doi:10.1787/9789264204614-ja. ISBN 978-9264204607.
Mishima, Kohei (2016). "専属的な受託生産企業の発生と存続のメカニズム ―自動車産業におけるトヨタとトヨタ九州の委託生産関係―" [The mechanism of exclusive contractor firms' formation and existence: a contract manufacturing relationship between Toyota and Toyota Kyushu in the automotive industry]. Akamon Management Review (in Japanese). 15 (2). Global Business Research Center: 79–87. doi:10.14955/amr.150201. ISSN 1347-4448.

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"Rising Sun International Film Festival". FilmFreeway. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

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"Rising Sun International Film Festival". Fukuoka Now. October 19, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
"Rising Sun International Film Festival". Fukuoka Now. October 19, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
"Rising Sun International Film Festival". Fukuoka Now. October 31, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

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"Kokura Gion". Fukuoka Internet TV. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

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Takao, Yasuo (November 3, 2016). "Kitakyushu's environmental business". Japan's Environmental Politics and Governance: From Trading Nation to EcoNation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-51777-1.

gymnastics.sport (Global: 3,447^th place; English: 2,188^th place)

"Kitakyushu will host Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in 2021". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

japantimes.co.jp (Global: 407^th place; English: 286^th place)

"Guardian Angels Japan finding less to do in Kitakyushu, one-time city of yakuza 'endless conflict'". The Japan Times. July 5, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2025.

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観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Shapira, Philip (1990). "Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development Strategies in a Japanese Steel Town: The Case of Kitakyushu". The Town Planning Review. 61 (4): 391. ISSN 0041-0020.
Shapira, Philip (1990). "Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development Strategies in a Japanese Steel Town: The Case of Kitakyushu". The Town Planning Review. 61 (4): 393. ISSN 0041-0020.
Shapira, Philip (1990). "Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development Strategies in a Japanese Steel Town: The Case of Kitakyushu". The Town Planning Review. 61 (4): 405–406. ISSN 0041-0020.

kitakyushu-area.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

北九州ぐるりん観光ナビ【門司みなと祭】 Archived July 1, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Kitakyushu-area.jp. Retrieved on December 9, 2013.

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Kitakyushu's official English name Archived May 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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"長崎街道について - 北九州市". www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved September 13, 2025.
"公害克服への取り組み". 北九州市 (in Japanese). Retrieved June 19, 2022.
"環境首都を目指す取組". 北九州市 (in Japanese). Retrieved June 27, 2024.
"北九州フィルム・コミッション - 北九州市". www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved February 17, 2021.
"人口の推移" (in Japanese). 北九州市. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
"高齢者人口・高齢化率" (PDF) (in Japanese). 北九州市. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
"五区から七区へ" (PDF). 市政だより (in Japanese). City of Kitakyushu. January 15, 1974. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
姉妹・友好都市の紹介 [Introduction of sisters · friendship cities]. City of Kitakyushu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
"環境姉妹都市" (in Japanese). Kitakyushu. Retrieved May 17, 2022.

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フリーマーケット出店者の皆様へお知らせ - グリーンパーク【響灘緑地】 Archived June 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Kpfmmf.jp. Retrieved on December 9, 2013.

krsiff.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Karatsu Rising Sun International Film Festival". 唐津ライジングサン国際映画祭 -. November 13, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

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175R – Free listening, concerts, stats, & pictures at. Last.fm. Retrieved on December 9, 2013.

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"Steel mill worker reveals blocking view of U.S. aircraft on day of Nagasaki atomic bombing". Mainichi. Mainichi Japan. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

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姉妹都市・交流都市 [Sister city, exchange city]. Minamikyushu city (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2015.

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"株式会社三井ハイテック". www.mitsui-high-tec.com. Retrieved September 13, 2025.

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"アジア交流広域都市圏の形成に関する調査報告書" (PDF) (in Japanese). 国土交通省国土計画局・国土交通省九州地方整備局. 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

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"Nagasaki: The Last Bomb". The New Yorker. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

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"一見、玩具・双眼鏡不思議な北九州市の公共建築". NIKKEI STYLE (in Japanese). 日本経済新聞社. July 13, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

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OECD (October 18, 2013). Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan. OECD. p. 14. doi:10.1787/9789264204614-ja. ISBN 978-9264204607.
OECD (October 18, 2013). Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan. OECD. p. 35. doi:10.1787/9789264204614-ja. ISBN 978-9264204607.
OECD (October 18, 2013). Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan. OECD. pp. 38–42. doi:10.1787/9789264204614-ja. ISBN 978-9264204607.
OECD (October 18, 2013). Green Growth in Kitakyushu, Japan. OECD. p. 111. doi:10.1787/9789264204614-ja. ISBN 978-9264204607.

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"国家戦略特区の福岡市の高島宗一郎市長「首相のリーダーシップ欠かせない」「耳疑った民進の停止法案」". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). 産業経済新聞社. June 15, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

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Yanagi, Tetsuo; Yamada, Machiko; Suzuki, Manabu (December 1, 1999). "A Challenge of Water Purification in Dokai Bay, Japan". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 38 (12): 1063–1069. Bibcode:1999MarPB..38.1063Y. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00192-7. ISSN 0025-326X.

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"会社概要." StarFlyer. Retrieved on December 20, 2010. "本社〒800-0306 福岡県北九州市小倉南区空港北町6番北九州空港スターフライヤー本社ビル"

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Ortiz-Moya, Fernando (April 2, 2020). "Green growth strategies in a shrinking city: Tackling urban revitalization through environmental justice in Kitakyushu City, Japan". Journal of Urban Affairs. 42 (3): 7. doi:10.1080/07352166.2018.1448225. ISSN 0735-2166.

tbs.co.jp (Global: 702^nd place; English: 2,584^th place)

newsdig.tbs.co.jp

"スタートアップ企業の"出現率" 最も高いのは福岡県・北九州市 30代起業家が口をそろえる「破格の補助金」と「エンジニアにとって良い土壌」 | TBS NEWS DIG (1ページ)". TBS NEWS DIG (in Japanese). December 29, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2025.

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"Corporate Data Archived 2016-02-11 at the Wayback Machine." TOTO. Retrieved on April 9, 2014.

u-tokyo.ac.jp (Global: 1,814^th place; English: 4,939^th place)

csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Yoshitsugu Kanemoto. "Metropolitan Employment Area (MEA) Data". Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Kitakyushu's official English name Archived May 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
"Steel mill worker reveals blocking view of U.S. aircraft on day of Nagasaki atomic bombing". Mainichi. Mainichi Japan. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
"Kita-Kyushu sheds image as city gripped by yakuza violence". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on January 20, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
"Population News of Major Cities". City of Yokohama. October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
"五区から七区へ" (PDF). 市政だより (in Japanese). City of Kitakyushu. January 15, 1974. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
Yoshitsugu Kanemoto. "Metropolitan Employment Area (MEA) Data". Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
"Corporate Data Archived 2016-02-11 at the Wayback Machine." TOTO. Retrieved on April 9, 2014.
"Corporate Data". Yaskawa Electric Corporation. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
"Company Profile." StarFlyer. Retrieved on May 26, 2009. Location Shin-Kokura Bldg., 2-2-1 Komemachi Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyusyu-shi Fukuoka 802-0003 JPN
"会社概要." StarFlyer. March 24, 2008. Retrieved on December 20, 2010. "本社〒802-0003 福岡県北九州市小倉北区米町二丁目2番1号　新小倉ビル JR小倉駅より徒歩10分."
"Kokura Gion". Fukuoka Internet TV. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
北九州ぐるりん観光ナビ【門司みなと祭】 Archived July 1, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Kitakyushu-area.jp. Retrieved on December 9, 2013.
フリーマーケット出店者の皆様へお知らせ - グリーンパーク【響灘緑地】 Archived June 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Kpfmmf.jp. Retrieved on December 9, 2013.
姉妹・友好都市の紹介 [Introduction of sisters · friendship cities]. City of Kitakyushu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
姉妹都市・交流都市 [Sister city, exchange city]. Minamikyushu city (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2015.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

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Shapira, Philip (1990). "Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development Strategies in a Japanese Steel Town: The Case of Kitakyushu". The Town Planning Review. 61 (4): 391. ISSN 0041-0020.
Ortiz-Moya, Fernando (April 2, 2020). "Green growth strategies in a shrinking city: Tackling urban revitalization through environmental justice in Kitakyushu City, Japan". Journal of Urban Affairs. 42 (3): 7. doi:10.1080/07352166.2018.1448225. ISSN 0735-2166.
Yanagi, Tetsuo; Yamada, Machiko; Suzuki, Manabu (December 1, 1999). "A Challenge of Water Purification in Dokai Bay, Japan". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 38 (12): 1063–1069. Bibcode:1999MarPB..38.1063Y. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00192-7. ISSN 0025-326X.
Shapira, Philip (1990). "Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development Strategies in a Japanese Steel Town: The Case of Kitakyushu". The Town Planning Review. 61 (4): 393. ISSN 0041-0020.
Shapira, Philip (1990). "Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development Strategies in a Japanese Steel Town: The Case of Kitakyushu". The Town Planning Review. 61 (4): 405–406. ISSN 0041-0020.
Mishima, Kohei (2016). "専属的な受託生産企業の発生と存続のメカニズム ―自動車産業におけるトヨタとトヨタ九州の委託生産関係―" [The mechanism of exclusive contractor firms' formation and existence: a contract manufacturing relationship between Toyota and Toyota Kyushu in the automotive industry]. Akamon Management Review (in Japanese). 15 (2). Global Business Research Center: 79–87. doi:10.14955/amr.150201. ISSN 1347-4448.

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"Corporate Data". Yaskawa Electric Corporation. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

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"Population News of Major Cities". City of Yokohama. October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

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"Corporate Info." Zenrin. Retrieved on March 6, 2019.

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"「中国地方」住みたい街ランキングトップ10、1位に輝いたアノお城がある街とは？". ZUU online (in Japanese). ZUU. May 30, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

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