(February 6, 2012)
Kitakyushu - Green Asia International Strategic Comprehensive Special Zone
Kitakyushu is selected as "Green Asia International Strategic Comprehensive Special Zone" and "Kitakyushu Environmental Future City".

Green Asia International Strategic Comprehensive Special Zone is backboned by Green Innovation and Asia Economic Strategy. It aims to improve the competitiveness of environmental-focused businesses, and finally expand its businesses from Asia to the whole world. In the future, Kitakyushu will make full use of the special priority and supports on taxes and financial from the government, thus achieving the goal of "Green Asia International Strategic Comprehensive Special Zone".

Being selected as Future City, Kitakyushu will be able to get more financial budget and priorities regarding to governmental regulations and institutional reformation from the government. Benefiting from Kitakyushu citizens' constant efforts, advanced manufacturing technology, successful experience in international environmental business development, and supports from Japanese and international organizations, Kitakyushu city takes responsibility to solve the issues regarding to "Environmental", "Super Aging" and "Internationalization", etc., so as to create Kitakyushu into "a city everyone fascinated at" and "a city where everyone is energetic".