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Sep 21, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka Cancels Chinese Bureaucrat Study Program
Due to recent tense relations between Japan and China, Fukuoka City announced on 9/18 that they will postpone plans to host 800 Chinese bureaucrats per year to study garbage dispos...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Memo for Economic Exchange Signed with Thailand and Indonesia
An organization for the international promotion of the Kyushu economy formed by the Kyushu Economic Federation and Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry has signed memorand...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Busan Forum Postponed
The annual Fukuoka City-Busan Forum of leaders from industry, academia, and government in those two cities was to be held in Busan in the beginning of September this year, but has ...
Aug 23, 2012 Local News
Japan-South Korean Forum Postponed
A Japan-South Korea Forum with participants from both countries scheduled to begin on the 29th in Fukuoka City with participants from both countries has been postponed at the reque...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Kitakyushu to Outsource Nine Functions
Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi told a press conference that the city would accept the recommendations of a special commission and outsource nine municipal functions to the privat...
Aug 2, 2012 Local News
Yamamoto Shigetaro Elected Yamaguchi Governor
The election for governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture to replace the retiring incumbent drew national attention as an unofficial referendum on nuclear power. One candidate, Tetsunari I...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Ito Wins Third Term as Kagoshima Governor
Yuichiro Ito won his third term as governor of Kagoshima Prefecture, winning slightly more than 66% of the vote to defeat challenger Yoshitaka Mukohara. Mukohara tried to turn the ...
Jun 28, 2012 Local News
JR Kyushu to Convert Consumption Tax Increase to Fare Hike
JR Kyushu President Koji Karaike said that the railroad would convert any consumption tax increase into a fare increase in conjunction with a tax rise in stages. When the consumpti...
Jun 20, 2012 Local News
No Pay in July for Fukuoka City Mayor
Soichiro Takashima, Fukuoka City Mayor, announced on June 19, that he will not receive his salary for the month of July. He’s doing this to take partial responsibility for the dru...
Jun 20, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka Civil Servants Drink Again
The one month long ban on drinking alcohol in public places by Fukuoka City civil servants ends today. The prohibition was ordered by Fukuoka City Mayor Soichiro Takashima after ...
