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Mar 3, 2023 Local News
Senior Official Halts Ambulance Operations for City Event in Chikushino
Last November, it was discovered that a senior official at the Chikushino Fire Department had halted the operations of one ambulance team and had them transported by car to a city ...
Feb 24, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka City Subway Staff Arrested For Upskirt Photography
A 34-year-old staff member of the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau, has been arrested on suspicion of violating the prefecture's nuisance prevention ordinance for using his smart...
Feb 22, 2023 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen to Transport Seafood to Ease Truck Driver Shortage
The Kyushu Shinkansen (bullet train) made an experimental high-speed transport with a load of freshly caught fish, called "Hatsu-gatsuo," from Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Pref...
Feb 22, 2023 Local News
Kyushu Sangyo University to Collaborate with Stanford University
From April, Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka city will collaborate with Stanford University to offer a global educational program called "SPICE" that aims to solve worldwide iss...
Feb 17, 2023 Local News
Nishitetsu to Launch “Cycle Cargo” Service Allowing Bicycles on Buses
From April, Nishitetsu will begin operating a "cycle cargo" service that allows customers to bring their bicycles onto the bus. This will be the first service of its kind in Kyushu...
Feb 16, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Unveils New Soybean Brand Fukuyokamuru
Fukuoka Prefecture, one of the leading soybean production areas in Japan, has named its new soybean brand "Fukuyokamuru" after more than 10 years of development. About 150 people, ...
Feb 16, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka City Announces Budget Proposal Exceeding One Trillion Yen
Fukuoka City has announced a budget proposal for the next fiscal year that exceeds one trillion yen. The plan includes the exemption of childcare fees for second and subsequent chi...
Feb 14, 2023 Local News
Barbecue Chain Found With More Incorrect Menu Descriptions
It has been discovered that a chain of barbecue restaurants named "Nurubon" had incorrect menu descriptions of ingredients, such as labeling foreign-sourced horse meat as being sou...
Feb 10, 2023 Local News
New Retrofit Electric Buses to Begin Operating in Fukuoka City in April
Nishitetsu has manufactured the first overseas retrofit electric buses in Japan with the help of a leading electric bus manufacturer in Taiwan. The retrofit electric buses are made...
Feb 9, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture, JR Kyushu, And Toyota Lead The Way In Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration
At joint press conference on February 8th, JR Kyushu and multiple manufacturers, including Toyota Automobiles, held a press conference to announce the start of the demonstration op...