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Dec 6, 2018 Local News
Thailand Festival in Tenjin
Thailand Festival will be held in Shintencho Shopping Arcade in Tenjin on December 7 and 8 to celebrate the launch of the new Thai Consulate in Fukuoka. Muay Thai dance performance...
Dec 5, 2018 Local News
Robot Demonstration at Former Kyushu University Campus
A demonstration of a delivery robot took place at the site of the former Kyushu University campus in Hakozaki. The European-made robot measures approximately 1.5 meters high and 1....
Dec 5, 2018 Local News
Kumamoto City to recognize LGBT partnerships
Kumamoto City will begin officially recognizing the partnerships of LGBT couples from April 2019. According to the statement of Kumamoto City Mayor Kazufumi Onishi at a press confe...
Dec 5, 2018 Local News
Akaushi Beef Restaurant Opens in Fukuoka
Akaushi Dining Yoka-Yoka opened on November 29 on the 10th floor of Kitte Hakata. The restaurant is the first and only restaurant in Fukuoka to source akaushi beef directly from an...
Dec 4, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka International Airport Takes Over Terminal Building Operations
On Nov. 1, Fukuoka International Airport, the company established by a consortium of local companies that won the right to run the Fukuoka Airport, assumed operations of the airpor...
Dec 4, 2018 Local News
Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki Plan Monitor Tour for Taiwanese Visitors
On Nov. 10 the JR Mojiko Station building, which has been renovated to resemble what it looked like when it first opened in 1914, was partially opened to the public for the first t...
Dec 4, 2018 Local News
Funding Sought for Children Support Program in Saga
The launch of a general incorporated association, Kodomo Takusyoku Oendan, in Saga was announced. A representative of the Tokyo-based, certified NPO Florence Hiroki Komazaki opened...
Dec 4, 2018 Local News
Record Number of Land Acquisitions for Factories in Fukuoka
Fukuoka Prefecture reported that according to research conducted in the period between January and June 2018, the number of land acquisitions for factory construction totaled 17, a...
Dec 4, 2018 Local News
Saibu Gas to Open Hot Spring Facility
Saibu Gas announced their entrance into the hot spring business as a part of their mid-term management plan for 2016. Their first hot spring facility Odo no Yudokoro will open in t...
Dec 3, 2018 Local News
Rizing Zephyr and Softbank Hawks Collaboration
As a part of their Fukuoka Sports Collaboration Project to promote sports activities in the prefecture, Rizing Zephyr will host a special match to celebrate the opening of Fukuoka ...
