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Nov 13, 2017 Local News
Foreign Visitors Now Able to Purchase Duty-free Libations from Breweries
As of Oct. 1, foreign visitors who purchase alcohol from sake breweries, wineries, and distilleries, will be able to take their wares back home without having to pay alcohol or...
Nov 10, 2017 Local News
Support Avispa Fukuoka at Their Last Home Game!
Be sure to go along and support Avispa Fukuoka in their final home game of the J2 season! Avispa will follow up on their recent home win against Shonan Bellmare with a victory agai...
Nov 9, 2017 Local News
Series on Immigration in Kyushu Wins Award
Waseda University announced the top three grand prize winners of the Ishibashi Tanzan Memorial Journalism Award. The Grass Roots Democracy category went to the Nishinippon Shimbun ...
Nov 9, 2017 Local News
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Re-opens
The Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art main building reopened to the public on Nov. 3. The museum's main block was designed by...
Nov 7, 2017 Local News
Ichiran Noodle Week
Ichiran is holding a special noodle week this November. Eating noodles at this time of year is said to be particularly auspicious, so...
Nov 2, 2017 Local News
Drones to Film National Parks to Attract Foreign Tourists
The Ministry of the Environment announced it will use drones to shoot aerial footage of Japan’s national parks using drones and make the footage available online and to internation...
Nov 2, 2017 Local News
Fukuoka City to Begin Bids for Former Site of Daimyo Elementary School
Fukuoka City is set to start accepting offers from private enterprises interested in redeveloping the site of the former Daimyo Elementary School. Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., ...
Nov 2, 2017 Local News
Hakata-ori Anniversary Logo Completed
Next year will mark the 777th anniversary of Hakata-ori, a traditional textile that has become almost synonymous with...
Nov 1, 2017 Local News
Fukuoka City to Conduct Ballistic Missile Response Training Drill
Fukuoka City will carry out a ballistic missile response training drill on Dec. 1. An emergency message will be sent out to give locals an idea of the kind of warning they can expe...
Oct 31, 2017 Local News
New Don Quijote to Open Branch in Tenjin
A new branch of the discount chain store Don Quijote will open in Tenjin on November 17. The new store, which will serve as the company's main Fukuoka branch, is expected to offer ...