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Mar 26, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka City Seeks Legal Tweak To Improve JHS English Classes
Fukuoka City, which has been designated a special strategic zone, has asked the national government relax certain stipulations in the Worker Dispatch Act that essentially prevent J...
Mar 26, 2015 Local News
Ferris Wheel in Uminonakamichi to Cease Operation
On March 25 authorities announced that the Ferris Wheel located inside Uminonakmichi Seaside Park will be closed and taken down. Operations will continue until the end of August. T...
Mar 24, 2015 Local News
Land Ministry Releases Fukuoka Land Prices
According to the land prices released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Mar. 18, commercial land prices remained the same or fell throughout the nat...
Mar 24, 2015 Local News
Impact Of Rugby World Cup Predicted To Be ¥35 Billion
The Kyushu Branch of the Development Bank of Japan estimates that World Rugby Cup 2019, a portion of whose games will be hosted in the cities of Fukuoka, Oita and Kumamoto, will ha...
Mar 24, 2015 Local News
New Extension Makes Parco Biggest Dept. Store In Tenjin
On Mar 19, Fukuoka Parco opened a new 27-shop extension on the 5th floor of Solaria Stage. People lined before the building opened up to get into the new addition, and the manga co...
Mar 23, 2015 Local News
City To Extend Urban Expressway To The Airport
On Mar. 17 Fukuoka City announced plans to extend the Route 3 Airport Line of the Urban Expressway all the way to the airport. The extension, a mere 630m, will connect the airport ...
Mar 20, 2015 Local News
10th Year Anniversary Of The Fukuoka Earthquake Of 2005
Today marks the 10th year anniversary of biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 200 years. At 10:53 am sirens will be tested. Do not be alarmed.
Mar 19, 2015 Local News
Daimaru Begins Food Floor Overhaul
On Mar. 10 Hakata Daimaru began work on revamping its food floor (B2) for the first time in 10 years. The entire second basement floor of the Eastern Building and a large section o...
Mar 18, 2015 Local News
Fuji Dream Airlines to Start Flights Linking Kitakyushu to Nagoya
Fuji Dream Airlines announced its decision to begin offering flights between Kitakyushu and Nagoya (Komaki) airports as part of its revamped summer schedule (which begins on Mar. 2...
Mar 18, 2015 Local News
Genkai (Fukuoka) Island Tour – 10 Years after the Earthquake
March 20 will mark the 10th year anniversary of the Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquakes. The civic group “Yume Circle” is organizing an event involving a walk around Ge...