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Nov 26, 2024 Local News
Kurume Emergency Inspection Finds Degraded School Equipment
Following an accident at a Kurume elementary school where a child fell from a rusty metal structure and suffered a spinal injury...
Nov 26, 2024 Local News
ICT Enhancements to Reduce Teacher Workloads in Kurume
Kurume City plans to further reduce the workloads of teachers by utilizing ICT. Mayor Haraguchi announced initiatives such as...
Nov 21, 2024 Local News
Five Arrested in Kurume Robbery of Company Executive’s Home
Police have arrested five men in their 20s in connection with an August home invasion in Kurume City. The suspects...
Nov 21, 2024 Local News
Kurume Woman Donates 410 Children’s Books Worth ¥1M to Local Library
Kurume resident Yoshimi Kuma has donated 410 children’s books worth ¥1 million to Mizuma Library, adding to...
Nov 7, 2024 Local News
Fugitive Activist Arrested in Fukuoka
Police arrested Azami Gotō, a 69-year-old activist from the radical Kakurōkyō group, on fraud charges after allegedly using...
Oct 28, 2024 Event
Yanagisaka Wax Tree Festival
With the Mino Mountain Range as a backdrop, a 1.2-kilometer stretch of wax trees, beautifully tinged red, lines the road. During peak autumn foliage...
Oct 25, 2024 Local News
Three Teens Arrested for ¥6.5 Million Theft in Kurume
Three teens, aged 14, 17, and 18, were arrested in Kurume for breaking into a friend's house and stealing ¥6.5 million in cash and...
Oct 18, 2024 Local News
Redevelopment Plans for Nishitetsu Kurume Station Area to Be Finalized by June
The first meeting of the "Urban Development Planning Committee" for the redevelopment of the area surrounding Nishitetsu Kurume Station...
Sep 19, 2024 Local News
Kurume’s New Smart IC Plan Moves Forward
Plans for a new Smart Interchange (IC) on the Kyushu Expressway in Kurume City are progressing after Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport...
Sep 12, 2024 Event
Chikugo Sake Festa 2024
A sake festival featuring 22 breweries from the Chikugo area of Fukuoka, one of Japan's premier sake-producing regions. Visitors can sample around 100 varieties of sake...
