Past News｜Accounting, Tax & Labor News（Dec 17, 2025）

City of KitakyushuKitakyushuSigning ceremony scheduled for December 24, 2025 (Reiwa 7)

Four Parties Sign a Partnership Agreement on Kitakyushu Monorail Corridor Development, Focusing on the Tokuriki-Kodanmae AreaA plan to make the area around monorail stations a more convenient place to live is starting

On December 17, 2025 (Reiwa 7), Kitakyushu City announced that it will sign a partnership agreement on town development along the Kitakyushu Monorail with the Kyushu Branch of the Urban Renaissance Agency (UR), the monorail operator and a local bus company (the signing ceremony is scheduled for December 24). Around Tokuriki-Kodanmae Station, where a large housing complex stands and local buses connect, the parties will work on gathering new functions and rebuilding public transport.Kitakyushu City announced that it will join forces with the monorail and bus companies and a national agency that owns many homes to improve the towns around monorail stations. The first place they are looking at is around Tokuriki-Kodanmae Station, where a big housing complex stands.

Strengths of the Tokuriki-Kodanmae area and expected effects

TownTransport

Features of the areaA large housing complex; relatively many people live in the station areaA certain distance from Kokura Station; local buses reach the monorail station easily

AimGather new functions suited to current lifestylesRebuild public transport making use of its hub role

Expected effectEffects of gathering functionsEffects of rebuilding public transport

What the town development aims for

1. PlaceThe area around Tokuriki-Kodanmae Station, which has a big housing complex
2. TownGather new functions that fit people's lives
3. TransportMake it easier to change between buses and the monorail
4. GoalA town chosen by the young people who will lead the next era