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Aug 10, 2015 Local News
Prefecture Seeks Transplants with New Relocation Trial Project
In an effort to attract so-called “U-turn” and “I-turn” transplants to Fukuoka, the prefectural government has started accepting applications for the Fukuoka Trial Working Stay Pro...
Aug 7, 2015 Local News
First Foreign Tourist Couple Legally Weds in Fukuoka
On Aug. 5, a couple visiting from Hong Kong was married at the Sawara Ward Office, marking the first such legal wedding by a foreign tourists in the city. Foreign tourists can get ...
Aug 7, 2015 Local News
Local IT Company Aims to Become LGBT-Friendly
Fukuoka-based IT consulting company Pencil adopted a new benefit scheme that will provide monetary gifts to employees who marry their same-sex partners. Pencil also enacted a new c...
Aug 3, 2015 Local News
16 Yen Wage Hike Called for Kyushu and Okinawa
An advisory council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released a set of guidelines calling for a 18-yen hike in the average national minimum wage to ¥798. If the new wa...
Jul 7, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Population Dips for First Time in 44 Years
According to the results of a demographic survey by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the population of Fukuoka Prefecture has fallen for the first time since 19...
Jun 30, 2015 Local News
80% Of Locals Think Fukuoka’s Cyclists Have Bad Manners
The issue of cycling etiquette was raised during the general inquiry session of the Fukuoka City Assembly on June 24 in light of a cycling accident in May that resulted in an eleme...
Jun 20, 2015 Local News
MERS A Boon For Kyushu?
Amid an outbreak of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Korea, an increasing number of cruise ships departing from China are bypassing Korea and changing their destinatio...
Jun 12, 2015 Local News
Futaba Invites Bombing Eyewitnesses To Peace Studies Class
On June 9, Futaba Elementary School, which is now temporarily housed in the old Daimyo Elementary School building, invited three Daimyo grads who lived through the bombing of Fukuo...
May 22, 2015 Local News
Local Company Uses App To Connect People To Their Hometowns
Hope is a Fukuoka-based company that has created i-Kohoshi, a smartphone app that provides electronic versions of the city and town newsletters published by local municipalities. L...
Dec 10, 2014 Local News
New Years Photo Service With Live Sheep
Next year is the "Year of the Sheep" so what could be better than sending out a nengajo (new years card) of yourself posing with an actual live sheep? Well, Uminonakamichi Seaside ...
