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Oct 10, 2014 Local News
Typhoon Vongfong Approaching Kyushu
Super typhoon Vongfong (19-go in Japan) is slowly heading north from the Philippines’ east ocean. It will gradually lose power but it will likely pose a threat to Okinawa on Saturd...
Oct 10, 2014 Local News
Trio of Nobel Prize Winners Includes First-Ever Kyushuan
On Oct. 7 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that three Japanese-born boffins had won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on blue light emitting diodes (LEDs). T...
Oct 6, 2014 Local News
Auckland Agrees to Rebuild Garden Next to City Zoo
The City of Auckland New Zealand has agreed to rebuild a Japanese style garden it tore down in Auckland earlier this year. The garden, complete with a pond and a stone bridge, was ...
Oct 6, 2014 Local News
MontBlanc Chosen to Help Spread Fukuoka Anime Worldwide
Fukuoka-based animated video production company Montblanc Pictures has been tapped by Fukuoka City to help open up foreign sales channels for other local production companies.
Oct 4, 2014 Local News
Softbank Hawks’ Victory Sales
In celebration of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ victory as Pacific League Champions many shops and businesses have announced special sales. Here’s a few of them: Fukuoka Parco: Oct. 3 (F...
Oct 1, 2014 Local News
Yakiyama Bypass Now Toll-Free
At midnight on Oct. 1 expressway operator NEXCO will converted the 13.3km Yakiyama Bypass that runs from Sasaguri Town to Iizuka City into a toll-free road.
Sep 29, 2014 Local News
Where Does My Money Go?
Local governments around Japan have started opening websites to show in easy-to-understand terms where taxpayer money is being spent. Sites made with free software developed in Eng...
Sep 24, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka’s Nishi-Dori Real Estate Now Most Expensive In Kyushu
According to land prices released by the seven prefectures of Kyushu on Sept. 18 (current as of Jul. 1), an address on Fukuoka’s Tenjin-Nishi-dori Ave. became the highest price com...
Sep 18, 2014 Local News
Kyushu’s Favorite Instant Ramen Turns 35
Umakacchan, House Food Group’s pork-flavored instant ramen, turned 35 on Sep. 12. According to the company, it has been the best-selling instant ramen in Kyushu since it went on sa...
Sep 16, 2014 Local News
Road To Become Single-Lane Near Canal City
Due to the construction of a new subway station on the 1.4 km Nanakuma extension, municipal roads close to Canal City (Hakata-ku) will be changed from two-lane to single-lane roads...