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Nov 21, 2018 Local News
New LCC Route Between Fukuoka and Kuala Lumpur
Low-cost carrier AirAsia Group promoted the launch of a new route between Fukuoka and Kuala Lumpur at the Fukuoka Street Party event. It will be the first long-distance internation...
Nov 21, 2018 Local News
Tar Elf Toivo: A New Finnish Cultural Experience for Fukuoka’s Children
What do you get when you add wood, peat, moss and heat? If you guessed pine tar, you guessed correct! But what you may not have guessed is that this is also the subject of a new cu...
Nov 20, 2018 Local News
17th Women’s Handball Asia Championship in Kumamoto
A top-level handball tournament will be held in Kumamoto from November 30 to December 9. The event will be considered as qualifying games for the 24th IHF Women’s Handball World Ch...
Nov 19, 2018 Local News
Restoration Work at Mojiko Station
A section of the Mojiko Station that has been undergoing restoration work re-opened to the public on November 10. Damaged roof eaves were renovated along with the ticket office and...
Nov 19, 2018 Local News
Soichiro Takashima Re-elected as Fukuoka Mayor
Soichiro Takeshima has been re-elected as the mayor of Fukuoka. This will be the 44-year-old Liberal Democratic Party representative's third term in office. Mayor Takeshima defeate...
Nov 16, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City Population Grows Including a Large Percentage of Non-Japanese
Fukuoka City recently announced that the population of the city surpassed 1.58 million for the first time as of November 1, 2018 as the city has continues to experience population ...
Nov 16, 2018 Local News
Toyota Motor Kyushu Reports Record Sales
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. announced on Nov. 12 that the company registered record sales between April to September in 2018. Thanks to the high popularity of SUV cars, their NX and ...
Nov 15, 2018 Local News
Royal Host to Discontinue Use of Plastic Straws
Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka City) will eliminate single-use plastic straws from its six-brand restaurants across Japan by 2020 to reduce environmental plastic pollution. The ...
Nov 14, 2018 Local News
Sugomon Pass From JR Kyushu For Overseas Visitors
A new transportation IC card named Sugomon Pass will debut from JR Kyushu on Nov. 19. The 2,000 limited edition cards are designed for and can be purchased only by visitors from ab...
Nov 14, 2018 Local News
Kyushu Condominium Sales Register Decrease
Sales of apartments in Kyushu area between January and June 2018 decreased by 1.5% compared to the same period of the previous year. Land prices and construction costs have increas...
