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Jun 15, 2018 Local News
Hakata Ward Office Renovation Announced
Fukuoka City is planning to carry out reconstruction work on the Hakata Ward Office. Developers plan to ensure that the renovated government office will be better prepared to deal ...
Jun 15, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City to Trial Electronic Payment System
Fukuoka City has adopted a service that will allow the public make electronic transactions at approximately 30 locations throughout the city using LINE. The cashless payment system...
Jun 14, 2018 Local News
Additional Underground Bicycle Parking in Tenjin
Fukuoka City has opened an underground parking area for bicycles located in the basement level of city hall. The parking area, called Tenjin Fureai-dori Churinjo, opened on June 9 ...
Jun 7, 2018 Local News
Three Lion Cubs Born in Oita
The Kyushu Natural Wildlife Park African Safari in Usa City, Oita welcomed three new lion cubs on April 27. The park's female lion Rita gave birth to triplets (two females and one ...
Jun 5, 2018 Local News
New JR Train Station to Open in Itoshima
JR Kyushu announced on May 30 that their new station in Itoshima City, to be located between Chikuzen-Maebaru and Hatae stations, will be called Itoshima Koko-mae. This will be JR ...
Jun 4, 2018 Local News
Prefecture sets up Center to Provide Disaster Information to Foreigners
Fukuoka Prefecture and the Fukuoka International Exchange Foundation have opened the Multilingual Disaster Support Center inside the Foundation’s office in ACROS Fukuoka in Tenjin....
Jun 1, 2018 Local News
Tokyo Girls Collection to be Held in Kitakyushu this October
Back by popular demand for the fourth year in a row, Tokyo Girls Collection, one of Japan's major international fashion events, will hold a fashion show in Kitakyushu on October 6....
May 31, 2018 Local News
Matcha Cheese Tarts at Bake
The hunger-enticing smell of Bake's freshly baked cheese tarts continues to fill the Tenjin Chikagai shopping arcade, attracting long lines of customers. And now there’s something ...
May 29, 2018 Local News
Salonpas Sales Continue to Soar
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. of Tosu City, Saga Prefecture announced that their flagship product Salonpas has gained the largest share in the anti-inflammatory analgesic patc...
May 29, 2018 Local News
Nishitetsu’s 110th Anniversary Commemorative Design
Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., (Nishitetsu) is celebrating their 110 year anniversary by featuring special commemorative designs on a selected buses and trains. The company also ...