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Feb 6, 2019 Local News
Kyushu University to Require CEFR Score of A2
Scores of CEFR will be a new requirement for applicants on entrance exams for Kyushu University from 2021. The university announced in late December that all applicants for the uni...
Feb 6, 2019 Local News
Port of Hakata Reports Record Number of Shipping Containers
The Port of Hakata announced on January 31 that their facility handled more than one million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for the first time in 2018. Metal products were among t...
Feb 6, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Health Care Unit Announces New Logo
Fukuoka Prefecture Health Care Unit unveiled their new logo at their new year's general meeting on Jan. 25. The joint organization of industry, education, and government was establ...
Feb 5, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Provisional Budget – Support For Areas Hit by Heavy Rainfall
Fukuoka Prefecture announced that they expect their budget for 2019 to exceed ¥7 trillion. The local government plans to provide financial subsidies to help move people who are in ...
Feb 2, 2019 Local News
Yamakasa Floats To Be Displayed At G20 Meetings
The Hakata Gion Yamakasa Promotion Association held a new year's meeting on Jan. 28 and announced their intention to display special Yamakasa floats during the G20 gatherings in Ju...
Feb 1, 2019 Local News
More Storage at Genkai Nuclear Plant Announced
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. has requested approval for construction of additional dry cask storage for radioactive waste in Genkai Nuclear Plant. After restarting reactors numb...
Jan 31, 2019 Local News
133 Million Year Old Dinosaur Rib Bone Found in Kumamoto
A dinosaur rib bone of the early Cretaceous (believed to be active around 133 million years ago) was found on a mountain in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto. According to the Mifune Dinos...
Jan 25, 2019 Local News
Agricultural Production in Kyushu Increases for the Seventh Consecutive Year
According to a report by the Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration Office, the Kyushu area's gross agricultural output in 2017 was ¥1,835 billion, and the figure has been on ...
Jan 25, 2019 Local News
Cherry Blossom Flowering Forecast for Fukuoka 2020
Japan Meteorological Corporation’s (JMC) second sakura forecast for 2020 was released on Jan. 23. According to that, a large area of Japan...
Jan 24, 2019 Local News
Construction of National Route 202 Bypass Complete
The Fukuoka National Highway Office under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation announced the completion of the National Route 202 (Kokudo 202-go) bypass. The co...