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Aug 20, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Urban Beautification Award Photographs Contest
The eighth edition of this contest which highlights one of the two-hundred spots in Fukuoka City has previously been awarded a townscape award. A special exhibition of...
Jul 24, 2019 Local News
Counterfeit Bills Found at a School in Onojo City
On July 19, Kasuga Police Station filed charges against a male student for producing and passing on counterfeit money. The student in question allegedly used three ¥1,000 bills to ...
May 30, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka City Encourages Companies to Allow Staff Power Naps
Fukuoka City says it has begun to encourage napping-at-work using a unique initiative. The city is collaborating with Nishikawa Co., Ltd., one of the leading producers of bedding i...
Aug 2, 2018 Local News
Kyushu University to Offer New Scholarship
Kyushu University announced on July 26 plans to introduce a new scholarship that will determine if a student can receive financial compensation before they enroll at the university...
Jul 11, 2018 Local News
Six Fatalities in Kyushu Following Heavy Rain Fall
A total of six fatalities were reported in Fukuoka, Saga, and Kagoshima Prefectures following the torrential downpours that hit western Japan during the first week of July. The bod...
Apr 24, 2018 Local News
¥10,000 Counterfeit Bills Found in Fukuoka
Police have discovered counterfeit bills at a number of shrines around Fukuoka Prefecture. It appears that fake ¥10,000 bills have been used to purchase omamori (lucky charms) at s...
Apr 11, 2018 Local News
Landslide in Yabakei, Oita Leaves One Dead and Five Missing
One person has reportedly died and five others are unaccounted for in the Yabekei Valley in Oita Prefecture following a large landslide that buried homes and roads. The landslide o...
Apr 5, 2018 Local News
Cause of Hole in Genkai Nuclear Plant Piping Revealed
Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) announced that the 1 cm hole found in No. 3 reactor piping system at the Genkai nuclear power plant was caused by corrosion from rain water. The dama...
Mar 28, 2018 Local News
New American Style Bar & Dance Club in Nakasu – Otafuku
There’s a new nightspot in Fukuoka, and it’s not on Oyafuko-dori or Nishi-dori but over in Nakasu (near the main intersection). We stopped by Otafuku for its opening on March 20. T...
Feb 8, 2018 Local News
Cabbage Theft in Saga Prefecture
A farm in Saga Prefecture was robbed. Police confirmed that approximately 500 Chinese cabbages (hakusai) worth ¥150,000 were stolen from...
