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Jun 19, 2019 Local News
Kagoshima to Become the Largest Base for Japanese Patrol Vessels
The Japan Coast Guard is planning to expand the capacity of Kagoshima Port to reinforce marine patrols around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa. Reflecting the recurrence of the entra...
Jun 19, 2019 Local News
Court Blocks Residents’ Bid to Rescind Reopening Approval for Nuclear Reactor
On June 17, Fukuoka District Court rejected a request from residents to cancel permission to restart Kyushu Electric Power’s No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Pl...
Jun 19, 2019 Local News
Prospects for Summer Bonuses Not Encouraging
On June 12, the Nishi-Nippon City Bank published results of a recent survey on expectations for summer bonus in 2019. Amongst the five-hundred respondents who live in Fukuoka, only...
Jun 19, 2019 Local News
Redevelopment Plans for Ohori and Maizuru Parks Announced
Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City announced basic plans for the redevelopment of Ohori and Maizuru parks. The project named the combined area of the two parks Central Park and ai...
Jun 18, 2019 Local News
Toyota Motor Kyushu Opens Co-Working Space in Tenjin
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. opened a new co-working space, Toyota Kyushu Co-Creative connected lounge Garraway F in Tenjin on June 15. Fifty seats in the 202-square-meter room are o...
Jun 17, 2019 Local News
Yoshimoto Kogyo to Open New Theater
On June 10, Yoshimoto Kogyo announced plans to open a new 500-seat theater in Fukuoka City. The E Zo Fukuoka entertainment facility will be located inside the Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome...
Jun 17, 2019 Local News
The Ghibli Expo in Fukuoka Sets Attendance Record
The Ghibli Expo: From Nausicaä to Marnie at Fukuoka City Museum has attracted 300,000 visitors, marking a record high since the museum opened in 1990. A ceremony was held on June 1...
Jun 17, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka City to Distribute Child Tracking Devices
Fukuoka City will distribute a child tracking device to 85,000 elementary school students in the city beginning in the fall of 2019. Fukuoka City Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced...
Jun 14, 2019 Local News
ANA Intercontinental Beppu Announces Opening Date
The ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa will open in the Myoban area of Beppu City, Oita Prefecture on August 1. The four-story hotel will be built on a space of 82,000 square ...
Jun 13, 2019 Local News
Kyushu’s First Tokyo 2020 Official Shop Opens inside BIC Camera Tenjin
The first Tokyo 2020 Official Shop in Kyushu opened in Tenjin this morning (June 13) on the first floor of BIC Camera Tenjin #1 store. Approximately 600 licensed items including cl...
