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Sep 14, 2015 Local News
City Revises Budget for Expressway Extension
On Sep. 7, Fukuoka City revealed that it adjusted its budget estimate for the Urban Expressway extension into Island City to ¥29.2 billion, up ¥4.2 billion from the initial estimat...
Sep 14, 2015 Local News
Mt. Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture Erupts
This morning at 9:43 am (Mon., Sep. 14), smoke rose 2,000 meters into the sky as the volcano Mt. Aso erupted. No casualties have been reported, but citizens are advised to stay awa...
Sep 11, 2015 Local News
Demonstration Against Security Bills in Tenjin, Fukuoka
On Sunday, Sep. 13 at 17:00, there will be a demonstration against plans to pass recently proposed national security legislation. The Fukuoka Youth Movement is gathering people to ...
Sep 11, 2015 Local News
Bullet Trains to Get More Surveillance Cameras
JR East and JR West announced plans to roll out constant security camera surveillance in at least half of its bullet train cars on the Tohoku, Akita, Yamagata, Joetsu and Hokuriku ...
Sep 11, 2015 Local News
Sendai Nuke Plant Set for Full Restart
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority began its final inspection of Kyushu Electric Power’s No. 1 reactor at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture (Output: 890,000 ...
Sep 7, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Police Develop Bicycle Detection System
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have joined forces with four companies to develop Oshicharikun, Japan’s first automatic system for warning bike riders in busy areas where they shoul...
Sep 7, 2015 Local News
Stone Foxes Return to Kego Shrine
Four stone foxes have made their return to Kego Shrine in Tenjin. The foxes were smashed this April. Sasaguri Town-based stone sculptor Harumine Kunihiro repaired one of the...
Sep 3, 2015 Local News
City Moves to Protect Historic Scenery
On Aug. 31, Fukuoka City held a meeting of its Urban Landscape Review Board which decided to strengthen efforts to protect historic scenery in the city. Under the current Urban Lan...
Sep 3, 2015 Local News
Foreign Tourist Numbers Hit Record High at Fukuoka Airport
The number of foreign tourists visiting Fukuoka airport in 2014 reached 884,143 (+28.6% year-on-year), topping the number of Japanese leaving the airport (837,914) for the first t...
Sep 1, 2015 Local News
Tenjin to Get Pedestrian Scramble on Watanabe-dori
The intersection in the middle of Tenjin where Watanabe-dori Ave. meets the small street that runs past the Central Police Station will soon become a scramble intersection. Diagona...