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Mar 4, 2016 Local News
Employment of Foreigners Up in Fukuoka Prefecture
According to a labor ministry press release, the number of foreigners employed in Fukuoka Prefecture jumped 24.3% year-on-year to 19,831, the highest number on record since...
Feb 5, 2016 Local News
Fukuoka City Gains Population Amid General Decline in Kyushu
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ population statistics for 2015, the seven...
Oct 23, 2015 Local News
Foreigner Driving Stickers Appearing in Okinawa
The number of foreign visitors renting cars is on the rise. In fiscal 2014, the number of car rentals around Fukuoka Airport jumped...
Aug 18, 2015 Local News
KitaQ Uni Supports LGBT Students, but Awareness Is Low
According to a questionnaire conducted with national universities and junior colleges around Japan by University of Kitakyushu professor Shizuyo Kawashima, approximately 70% of the...
Aug 13, 2015 Local News
Kyushu Anticipates Higher Birth Rates
Under the national government’s regional revitalization scheme, each prefecture is expected to formulate its own future population outlook. The prefectures of Kyushu have each rele...
Aug 10, 2015 Local News
Prefecture Seeks Transplants with New Relocation Trial Project
In an effort to attract so-called “U-turn” and “I-turn” transplants to Fukuoka, the prefectural government has started accepting applications for the Fukuoka Trial Working Stay Pro...
Aug 7, 2015 Local News
First Foreign Tourist Couple Legally Weds in Fukuoka
On Aug. 5, a couple visiting from Hong Kong was married at the Sawara Ward Office, marking the first such legal wedding by a foreign tourists in the city. Foreign tourists can get ...
Aug 7, 2015 Local News
Local IT Company Aims to Become LGBT-Friendly
Fukuoka-based IT consulting company Pencil adopted a new benefit scheme that will provide monetary gifts to employees who marry their same-sex partners. Pencil also enacted a new c...
Aug 3, 2015 Local News
16 Yen Wage Hike Called for Kyushu and Okinawa
An advisory council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released a set of guidelines calling for a 18-yen hike in the average national minimum wage to ¥798. If the new wa...
Jul 7, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Population Dips for First Time in 44 Years
According to the results of a demographic survey by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the population of Fukuoka Prefecture has fallen for the first time since 19...