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Jun 13, 2017 Local News
Immigration Exceeds One Million
International Student Migrant Workers Immigration Exceeds One Million (#1 of 7 part series) An increasing number of Japanese language school students from South and Southeast Asia ...
Jun 9, 2017 Local News
Highest 56.2% Wants Less Work, Less Salary
Nishi Nippon Financial Holdings (FH) summarized the results of an attitude survey (approximately 1,400 answers) targeted at newly hired employees at about 300 companies in...
Jun 8, 2017 Local News
Kyushu Birth Rate Decline
According to the 2016 demographics released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on June 2, the total birth rate (estimated number of children a woman gives birth to in her...
Jun 8, 2017 Local News
Price Increase For Daily Life Goods
The price of products used in daily life such as butter, postcards, and even tires went up on June 1. The main reason for this price hike is...
May 15, 2017 Local News
Seniors Can Turn In Drivers Licenses For Subway Rebates
Fukuoka City has begun a new program in which senior citizens who turn in their driver's license can get rebates on subway travel. The move is an effort to encourage use of public ...
Mar 10, 2017 Local News
Kyushu’s Population Forecast
On March 3rd the Kyushu Economic Research Center announced that in 2040 the population of the seven prefectures of Kyushu will decrease to 10,810,000. This represents a decrease of...
Feb 23, 2017 Local News
Oyafukodori restores its original name meaning ‘Street of Disrespectful Children’
The original name of the street ‘Oyafukudori’ was ‘親不孝’ which translates roughly to ‘Street of Disrespectful Children’. In the eighties the area was home to many cram schools for s...
Jan 31, 2017 Local News
FREAK Release New Song feat. Mayor Takashima
he music video features local artists, Natural Radio Station and LinQ and a special appearance by Mayor Takashima. FREAK are a ‘barikata style’ chorus group from Fukuoka, and have ...
Jan 25, 2017 Local News
Fukuoka City 2017 Budget Highest Ever
The Fukuoka City General Account Budget for fiscal year 2017 (starts Apr. 2017) will be the highest ever at ¥830,000,000,000 to ¥840,000,000,000...
Nov 15, 2016 Local News
Sinkhole Update: Repairs Completed in Just One Week
This morning at 05:00, Hakata Eki-mae Dori road was reopened after repairs on the sinkhole were completed. All entry restrictions to the surrounding buildings were removed and all ...
