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Dec 3, 2021 Local News
Panamanian Ship Still Stranded in Hakata Bay and Leaking Oil
Leaked oil from the Panamanian vessel, Lady Rosemary, continues to spread in Hakata Bay. As of Dec. 2, the fifth day since the ship collided with the breakwater, an area of 3 km x ...
Dec 3, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka: The Steely Backbone of Japan’s Modernization
The imperial steelworks established 120 years ago in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref., on the southern island of Kyushu, drove Japan's modernization. And coal mined in the nearby Chikuho ...
Dec 3, 2021 Local News
Amendments for “Fukuoka Corona Warning” Announced
Fukuoka Prefecture announced revisions for its ‘Fukuoka Corona Warning,’ as risks of the omicron variant increase in Japan. The new system simply reflects the occupancy rate of the...
Dec 3, 2021 Local News
HTB Hotel Offers Walking Rehabilitation Stays
Huis Ten Bosch announced the development of its first health-tourism facility inside its theme park. With a Hyogo Prefecture-based medical rehabilitation company, HTB has built a w...
Dec 3, 2021 Local News
Hatsumode Services Available Earlier To Reduce Congestion at Shrines
Beginning on Dec. 1, Hakozaki-gu Shrine in Fukuoka City welcomes visitors of ‘saisaki-mode,’ the earlier visits, to wish good luck in 2022. Good luck charms and other items to cele...
Dec 3, 2021 Local News
Hakataza To Host First Kagura Matsuri
Hakataza will host its first kagura festival on Dec. 8. Three kagura performances from Kyushu are joined by Iwami kagura, the Shimane Prefecture-based performance, and a Japan Heri...
Dec 3, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Trading Company First To Resume Export of Melons To USA
Kyushu Agricultural Products Trading Co. announced the first export of domestic melons to America. Thirty melons from Ibaraki Prefecture were shipped out from Japan on Nov. 24, onl...
Dec 2, 2021 Local News
Nishitetsu Grand Hotel Offers Remote Work Guest Rooms
Nishitetsu Grand Hotel began offering guest rooms suitable for remote working from Dec. 1. The Tenjin-based hotel refurbished two of its twin rooms by installing desks, chairs, shr...
Dec 1, 2021 Local News
Panama Vessel Collides With Breakwater in Hakata Bay
A large Panamanian vessel, Lady Rosemary, collided with a breakwater in Hakata Bay on Nov. 28. The accident occurred at 11:45 p.m, shortly after the ship left for Kobe Port carryin...
Nov 30, 2021 Local News
Hakata Connected Office Building Construction Approved
JR Kyushu received approval for the Hakata Connected redevelopment program for its office building construction project on the site of the former Higashi Sogo Chosha. The exterior ...
