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Apr 15, 2022 Local News
Demand For Rubber Gloves For Robots Increasing
Demand for the world’s first rubber gloves for robots produced by a Kurume-based manufacturer, Towa Corporation, is increasing. ‘ROBO Glove’ was developed three years ago to improv...
Mar 17, 2022 Local News
Kurume-ori Rebranded As Chikugo-ori
A new branding project for Kurume-ori textile was launched. A group of craftsmen and designers in the Chikugo region announced the rebranding of the traditional textile as Chikugo-...
Dec 17, 2021 Local News
Kurume Elementary Students Receive 9,000 Apples From Aomori
Twenty elementary schools in Kurume City received 9,000 apples from Aomori Prefecture. The delicious gifts convey appreciation from JA Tsugaru Mirai after the region got a lot of s...
Nov 8, 2021 Local News
Kurume-based Ice Cream Company To Release Fanta Flavor
Kurume City-based ice cream manufacturer Marunaga Confectionery Co., Ltd. reached an agreement with the Coca-Cola Company in the U.S. to sell the first-ever Fanta-flavor ice popsic...
Oct 13, 2021 Local News
Kurume University Collaborates With Bridgestone To Solve Sleep Debt
Kurume University and Kurume City partnered with Bridgestone Corporation and three other organizations to solve ‘sleep debt’ matters. The government-industry-academia collaboration...
Jun 10, 2021 Local News
First Extreme High Temperature Issued in Northern Kyushu
Outside temperature exceeded 35°C in Kurume City at around 13:30 on June 9, making for the first Extreme High Temperature (‘mousho -bi’) report for 2021 in Japan. Daytime high rose...
May 18, 2021 Local News
Kazakhstan Canceled Pre-Olympic Training in Kurume
The national Olympic committee of Kazakhstan canceled its pre-Olympic training in Kurume City. Reflecting on the current spread of the new coronavirus, Kazakhstan athletes would he...
Apr 26, 2021 Local News
Request for Business Regulations Expanded to Kurume City
Fukuoka Prefecture expands the request for business regulations to Kurume City following a task force meeting on Apr. 22 to discuss...
Dec 8, 2020 Local News
Kurume Kasuri Lucky-charm Masks Debut
Chikugo City-based Ikeda Kasuri Kobo debuted a ‘Ren-ai joju’ (lucky charm for love) mask in collaboration with the local Koinoki Shrine. The shinto shrine is known as the only plac...
Oct 19, 2020 Local News
Remote Sign Language Service Started
Kurume City started an off-site sign language interpretation service using smartphones and other devices. Interpreters work from the city office video-chat with users while they ar...
