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May 14, 2015 Local News
Amazon To Open Call Center In Fukuoka
Amazon Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of online retail goliath Amazon, will open a customer service center in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka this September. The company plans to hire several...
May 13, 2015 Local News
Ippudo Forms Joint Venture To Aid USA Expansion
On May 7, Fukuoka-based Chikaranomoto Holdings, operator of the ramen chain Hakata Ippudo, announced that it will form a joint venture with California (USA)-based Panda Restaurant ...
May 13, 2015 Local News
Foreign Visitors Flock To Undersea Tunnel
The Kanmon Tunnel, an undersea roadway that connects Kitakyushu to Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, has become a popular destination for foreign tourists. Completed in 1958, th...
May 11, 2015 Local News
Funky Shrooms Aglow In Amami, Kagoshima
Mycena lux-coeli, a species of bioluminescent mushroom, is lighting up the forests of Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. The glowing fungi can be seen in the Amami Natural Forest ...
Apr 28, 2015 Local News
Kyushu’s Nepalis Band Together To Send Aid Home
Ram Krishna Shrestha, 32, works for a company in Minami Ward. He is from a village 70km north of Kathmandu near the epicenter of the recent quake. He was finally able to make a cal...
Apr 27, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka City Bulletin May 2015
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
Apr 21, 2015 Local News
Yaskawa Has Banner Year
Kitakyushu-based industrial robot giant Yaskawa Electric posted record high sales and net profits for the fiscal year ended March 2015. With brisk sales of the company’s trademark ...
Apr 21, 2015 Local News
Next AKB Election To Be Held In Fukuoka
The 7th AKB Election to choose who will sing on the idol group’s upcoming 41st single will be held at Fukuoka Yafuoku Dome on Jun. 6. This is the first AKB election to be held outs...
Apr 21, 2015 Local News
Nagasaki Green Cafe in California
Nagasaki Green Cafe in California ::: Kyushu tea is going to take on the American market! Nagasaki City-based Green Tea World Holdings have announced that they will open a green te...
Apr 21, 2015 Local News
New Bus for Shikanoshima
A designer bus to Shikanoshima has been launched by Nishitetsu Bus Munataka. The bus is expected to increase tourism to the idyllic but previously difficult to reach island, as wel...