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Aug 18, 2015 Local News
KitaQ Uni Supports LGBT Students, but Awareness Is Low
According to a questionnaire conducted with national universities and junior colleges around Japan by University of Kitakyushu professor Shizuyo Kawashima, approximately 70% of the...
Aug 17, 2015 Local News
Royal’s Fukuoka Plant Receives Halal Certification
Royal Holdings’ Fukuoka Food Plant, which produces food for the Royal chain of restaurants, is now halal certified. The company plans to begin supplying halal foods from the Fukuok...
Aug 17, 2015 Local News
City Hall Bungles Bike Lot Pass Pricing
It has come to light that the monthly passes for the bicycle parking under Kego Park are actually ¥400 more expensive than if you pay as you go. It turns out City Hall failed to ad...
Aug 13, 2015 Local News
Kyushu Anticipates Higher Birth Rates
Under the national government’s regional revitalization scheme, each prefecture is expected to formulate its own future population outlook. The prefectures of Kyushu have each rele...
Aug 13, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Motor Show 2015 Dates Announced
Fukuoka Motor Show 2015 Organizing Committee, which comprises officials from Fukuoka Prefecture and 53 automobile-related companies and organizations, held its first meeting on Aug...
Aug 12, 2015 Local News
Foreign Visitor Numbers Top 1 Million for First Half of 2015
According to statistics released by the Kyushu District Transport Bureau on Aug. 10, the number of foreign visitors entering the island between January and June jumped 41% year-on-...
Aug 10, 2015 Local News
Prefecture Seeks Transplants with New Relocation Trial Project
In an effort to attract so-called “U-turn” and “I-turn” transplants to Fukuoka, the prefectural government has started accepting applications for the Fukuoka Trial Working Stay Pro...
Aug 10, 2015 Local News
Smart Info Panels Being Tested at Hakata, Yufuin Stations
On Aug 4. Zenrin Group subsidiary Willsmart and JR Kyushu began testing new quadrilingual electronic touch panels at Hakata and Yufuin stations. The panels, which provide tourist i...
Aug 7, 2015 Local News
Furusato-Kan Turns 20, Will Hold Festival
Hakata Machiya Furusato-ka, the hands-on local history and culture museum in the heart of the city, turns 20 on Aug. 10. On Aug. 9 at 16:00, a commemorative Summer Festival will be...
Aug 7, 2015 Local News
First Foreign Tourist Couple Legally Weds in Fukuoka
On Aug. 5, a couple visiting from Hong Kong was married at the Sawara Ward Office, marking the first such legal wedding by a foreign tourists in the city. Foreign tourists can get ...