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Nov 29, 2012 Local News
Norovirus Warning
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has issued a warning to the public as we enter winter - the peak season for norovirus outbreaks in Japan. Last year, norovirus was most wi...
Nov 21, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka Second in Hosting International Conferences
For the third straight year, Fukuoka City has held the second most international conferences in Japan. In 2011, Fukuoka City held 221 international conferences behind Tokyo on 470 ...
Nov 13, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka International School Students Volunteer in Miyagi
Eight students from Fukuoka International School spent one week volunteering in Minamisanriku-cho, Miyagi. This area was severely affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake of Mar...
Oct 31, 2012 Local News
Kyuden Announces Electricity Rate Hike
Beginning in April 2013 electricity power rates for the general public are slated to increase by approximately 10% while corporate rates are set to increase from 10~20%. Recent fin...
Oct 31, 2012 Local News
Revised Anti-Gang Law Introduced as Police Crack Down in Kitakyushu
The revised Anti-gang Law took effect Tuesday, allowing authorities to label certain designated crime syndicates as repeat offenders against companies and shops, and immediately ar...
Oct 29, 2012 Local News
Japanese Contest for Trainees Held in Hakata
Foreign trainees working for small and medium businesses in Kyushu and Yamaguchi took part in a Japanese speaking contest Oct 28 in Hakata, Fukuoka. 362 applicants from Vietnam, In...
Oct 29, 2012 Local News
Onojo City Broke Guinness Record
Onojo City, Fukuoka, has broken the Guinness World Record for number of people sitting on a chair. The city event saw 1,318 locals from 11~80’s years old break the record in only o...
Oct 26, 2012 Local News
Chikugo Sake Festa 2012
The Chikugo Sake Festa 2012 will be held Oct. 27~28 in the Kurume Regional Industry Promotion Center, Azuma-cho, Kurume City. Entry to the event is free but a charge for tasting is...
Oct 20, 2012 Local News
Redback Spiders in Fukuoka City
It was revealed that since 2007, Fukuoka City has been exterminating thousands of redback spiders from Australia. The venomous spiders have recently established colonies across Jap...
Oct 18, 2012 Local News
Problems Still Remain from Heavy July Rains
The aftereffects of the heavy July rains in northern Kyushu that left 31 dead are still causing problems. The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that 795 people from 297 households are st...