Kurauchi Seeks Fukuoka Assembly Resignation
Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly Speaker Isao Kurauchi submitted a request to resign as an assembly member on August 24. He was expected to step down on August 25 after...
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New Rihga Hotel Brand to Open in Hakata
Royal Hotel held an opening reception on August 24 for Bouncy by Rihga Fukuoka Hakata, a new hotel in Fukuoka City's Hakata Ward that will open on September 1. The 117-room...
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Kyushu Electric Backs AI Data Center Near Sendai Plant
Kyushu Electric Power President Masaru Nishiyama visited Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on August 24 and told Mayor Ryoji Tanaka that the utility group would strengthen...
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Canal City Theater to Become Kraftia Theater
Canal City Theater in Fukuoka will be renamed Kraftia Theater on October 1, 2026, after Fukuoka-based Kraftia acquired the venue's naming rights. The company, formerly...
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Open-Top Bus to Roll Through Kurosaki Arcade
An open-top double-decker sightseeing bus will travel through the covered Kurosaki shopping arcade in Kitakyushu in September. The ride is part of a series of events...
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Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima Will Not Seek Fifth Term
Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced on August 23 that he will not run in the November 15 mayoral election and will leave office when his fourth term ends on December 6.
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Ten Fukuoka Municipalities Now Have Aging Rates Above 40%
Ten municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture now have populations in which more than 40% of residents are aged 65 or older, up from only Toho a decade ago. Prefectural data as...
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Fukuoka Police Probe Nepali Student’s Death as Murder
Police identified the woman found in the Naka River in Tenjin on August 19 as Laxmi Rajbanshi, a 25-year-old Nepali vocational school student. An autopsy did not establish...
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Whaling Mother Ship Makes Hakata Port Debut
The Kangei Maru, operated by Tokyo-based Kyodo Senpaku, made its first call at Hakata Port on August 20. The whaling mother ship is 113 meters long and 21 meters wide. It can...
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Fukuoka Expands Desalination as Reservoirs Fall
The Kyushu Regional Development Bureau established a drought-response headquarters on August 20 as exceptionally low rainfall continued across Fukuoka Prefecture. The...
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