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May 22, 2019 Local News
Umbrella Sharing Service in Fukuoka
Fukuoka City is planning to introduce an umbrella sharing service called Aikasa during the rainy season. Approximately 40 umbrella stands will be installed at major department stor...
May 16, 2019 Local News
Chikushino Announces Gyokusui, a New Brand of Pear
Fukuoka Agriculture and Forestry Research Center in Chikushino City announced the development of a new brand of pear, Gyokusui. This is the first pear to have been developed in the...
May 15, 2019 Local News
Starbucks Retro Comes to Fukuoka!
Starting from today (May 15), for a limited time only, select Starbucks around Japan will be host to a new nostalgic promotion celebrating the change of eras from Heisei to Reiwa. ...
May 15, 2019 Local News
Hakataza Celebrates 10 Million Visitors
On May 10, Hakataza celebrated reaching 10 million visitors. The 1,500-seat theater, which opened 20 years ago this May, regularly stages kabuki performances and musicals. Kyushu n...
May 15, 2019 Local News
Survey of Salaries for Public Servants Released
Fukuoka Prefecture revealed its Laspeyres Index, a figure to compare salary standards for each municipality as of April 2018. The index shows the normalized average of salaries for...
May 9, 2019 Local News
Kumamoto’s Kumamon License Plate in Demand
Last October, to address complaints of unimaginative license plates, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism allowed for 41 localities to create alternative opt...
May 9, 2019 Local News
Kashii Station Gets a New Square
A new station square opened in front of JR Kashii Station on Mar. 12. The square extends in front of a red torii-motif gate at the entrance of the station building. The design is r...
Apr 26, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Tower Plans Special Illumination to Bring in Reiwa
Fukuoka Tower will be wrapped in a special illumination named "Japan Illumination" to commemorate the end of Heisei Era and to celebrate the beginning of Reiwa Era. On Apr. 30 and ...
Apr 26, 2019 Local News
Saga Prefecture Night View Projection Mapping
Saga Prefecture is broadcasting “Night Sky Time Travel,” Kyushu's first-ever night view projection mapping exhibit, in the top-floor observation hall of the Prefectural Office. Sag...
Apr 24, 2019 Local News
Nagasaki University to Avoid Hiring Smokers
Nagasaki University announced a new policy to hire non-smokers in the future. University President Shigeru Kono said at a press conference on Apr. 19 that the new policy is stated ...