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Nov 30, 2012 Local News
Christmas Decorations for Green Bus
The inside of a Fukuoka City’s Green Bus has been decorated for Christmas. The decorated bus will run five times a day until Dec. 25, leaving Hakata Bus Terminal at 09:30, 11:50, 1...
Nov 29, 2012 Local News
1,000 Lawyers in Fukuoka
By the end of 2012, the total number of registered lawyers in Fukuoka is estimated to reach a record 1,000. The current number is 980 and another 50 more lawyers are expected to be...
Nov 28, 2012 Local News
Public Mourns Cat’s Death
Members of the local community near Maizuru Park has come together after the news of the death of a popular cat named Tama-chan. Tama-chan was only three years old and was well-lov...
Nov 28, 2012 Local News
Bonus Spending Survey Results
On Nov. 26, the Nishi Nippon City Bank published results from a survey taken in 2011, asking homemakers in Fukuoka City how they spend their end-of-year bonus money. The top respon...
Nov 27, 2012 Local News
Drinking Ban for US Navy
A blanket ban on the consumption of alcohol at night for all US naval personnel in Japan was imposed on Nov. 26 after a spate of incidents across Japan. The ban is effective 22:00~...
Nov 22, 2012 Local News
Kitakyushu Receives Order for Sewer System in Indonesia
The city of Kitakyushu announced they have received an order to work with a private sector company to conduct a survey for creating a plan to build sewers in Surabaya, Indonesia. T...
Nov 22, 2012 Local News
Excavations End at Yoshinogari
The Saga Prefecture Education Committee concluded at the end of September its excavation surveys at Yoshinogari, the largest archaeological site dating from the Yayoi period in Jap...
Nov 22, 2012 Local News
Daihatsu Considering Shift of Development Functions to Kyushu
Daihatsu Motor Co. announced it is mulling the shift its research and development operations now based at their Osaka plant to the Kurume plant of their Kyushu subsidiary starting ...
Nov 21, 2012 Local News
Bose Shop to Open Inside IMS
On Nov. 30, the well-know American audio equipment manufacturer Bose will open a new shop at IMS, in central Tenjin. The new store is 105 sq m and will be located on the 5th floor ...
Nov 21, 2012 Local News
Food Prices Reduced by 15% @ AEON SUPERMARKETS
Timed to celebrate surpassing 1,000 shops around Japan, AEON announced reductions in food prices at their supermarkets in Fukuoka Prefecture as of Nov. 20. Approximately 2,000 food...