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May 14, 2013 Local News
Starflyer’s New Route to Guam
Japanese LCC Starflyer announced yesterday (5/10) they will launch a new trial route between Kitakyushu~Guam, with 13 round trips scheduled for the month of August. It’s the first ...
May 14, 2013 Local News
PARCO Annex to Open Next Fall
Tokyo-based department store chain Parco announced that it will open a new annex on the site of the old Iwataya Annex located adjacent to its Tenjin store next Fall. The new buildi...
May 12, 2013 Local News
Kumamon Becomes A German-Made Steiff Teddy Bear
The world’s top teddy bear company Stieff Co. has just released a Kumamon teddy bear! Founded in 1880, Steiff is a German-based plush teddy bear company known for its high quality....
May 10, 2013 Local News
Local Pet Shops Raided, Suspected of Smuggling
Fukuoka Prefecture Police seized computers and accounting ledgers from nine locations in connection with two vendors suspected of illegally selling Siamese crocodiles, a critically...
May 8, 2013 Local News
New Cocktails with Local Fukuoka Ingredients
The Fukuoka Headquarters of the Nihon Bartender Association (NBA) has registered three new cocktails, made using ingredients from Fukuoka Prefecture. Two are alcoholic cocktails c...
May 8, 2013 Local News
Peach Reaches 2 Million Passenger Milestone
Peach Aviation announced yesterday that they have exceeded two million total passengers one month ahead of schedule. The LCC airline launched last March, and reached the first mile...
May 7, 2013 Local News
Group of Saga and Fukuoka Youth Push for ILC
Let’s Bring the ILC to Kyushu, a group of young people in their 20s and 30s, began collecting signatures on May 1 in an effort raise awareness of the International Linear Collider ...
May 7, 2013 Local News
Takeo City Library Attracts 100,000 in One Month
In the one month since reopening on Apr. 1, the Takeo City Library in Saga Prefecture topped 100,000 visitors. Management of the new facility has been contracted to Culture Conveni...
May 2, 2013 Local News
Kyuden Losing Customers
Kyushu Electric Power announced that the number of its corporate customers who switched to retail power suppliers as of Apr. 1 reached 2,117. This is the first time an electricity ...
May 2, 2013 Local News
City’s No-Bid Contracts Top ¥20 Billion
Amid questions over amakudari (the practice of assigning retired government officials executive positions in affiliated organizations), Fukuoka City announced that it paid around ¥...