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Dec 17, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Organization Takes Elder Care to China
Souseikai, a Fukuoka-based social welfare corporation that operates elder care facilities throughout Japan, will open a fee-based elder care home next year in Hangzhou City, Zhejia...
Dec 17, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka’s Furusato Tax Incomes Up
Five years have passed since the furusato (hometown) tax, a system that lets taxpayers donate some of their residential taxes to their former hometowns or other towns they want to ...
Dec 13, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Companies Hire Record Number of Int’l Students
On Dec. 12, the Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry released its Kyushu Economic Internationalization Data, an annual statistical report that includes figures for categori...
Dec 12, 2013 Local News
JR to Add New Station in Itoshima
According to sources, JR Kyushu has entered the final stages of negotiations on the establishment of a new station on the Chikuhi Line to be located in Itoshima City between Chikuz...
Dec 12, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka to Cool its Schools
Fukuoka City is considering installing air conditioners in the approximately 3,000 classrooms in 176 elementary and junior high schools starting next year. The basis for deliberati...
Dec 9, 2013 Local News
Auto Makers Gear Up for Fukuoka Motor Show
Fukuoka Motor Show 2014 will be held on Jan. 24-27 at Marine Messe Fukuoka. Boasting a theme of “Power of Automobiles, Power for the Future”, the show will feature a slew of new mo...
Dec 9, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka to Receive More Foreign Trainees
The P-W-J Cooperative, a Chikugo City-based association of small and medium-sized enterprises, will welcome its first technical trainees from Myanmar next spring. The group is taki...
Dec 5, 2013 Local News
JR Kyushu Serve “Kanta-kun” Yaki-Imo
Next time you’re travelling on the bullet-train, look no further to satisfy your winter craving for something warm and sweet. From Dec. 1 until late March, JR Kyushu is selling Oit...
Dec 5, 2013 Local News
Itoshima Daily Calendar
Itoshima volunteer association “Itoshima Koyomi-sho” has released a local daily calendar with information and cute illustrations about seasonal changes on each page, along with var...
Dec 5, 2013 Local News
Ramen Masters Collaborate for Ramen Show
Two local master ramen chefs have joined forces for the Fukuoka Ramen Show. Osamu Shiroto, owner of the popular Najimatei restaurant in Higashi-ku, and Shigemi Kawahara, owner of t...