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Feb 26, 2015 Local News
City Adds New Section To Prepare For 2016 Lions Club Convention
In preparation for the 99th Lions Club International Convention that will be held in Fukuoka next year, City Hall will add a new section dedicated to the event. The convention is e...
Feb 26, 2015 Local News
Most JR Kyushu Lines Are In The Red
In an interview with Nishinippon Shimbun, JR Kyushu revealed that 19 of its 20 train lines are operating in the red, including the Kagoshima Line, the company’s biggest line in ter...
Feb 25, 2015 Local News
Local NPO Releases Biz Manner App For Foreigners
Fukuoka-based Asia Monozukuri Institute, a non-profit organization involved in personnel training and staffing, has developed a free smartphone app to teach business etiquette to f...
Feb 24, 2015 Local News
Kagoshima Prefecture To Resume Saturday Classes
On Jan.19, the Kagoshima Prefectural Board of Education announced that it will reinstitute Saturday classes at all 743 public elementary and junior high schools in the Prefecture s...
Feb 24, 2015 Local News
City May Shutter Sunpalace
Fukuoka City is considering closing Sunpalace to make way for a new convention center as part of its waterfront redevelopment plan. The 2,300-seat event space opened in 1981 and ha...
Feb 23, 2015 Local News
Kirin To Make Kyushu Veggie Juice, Help Nagasaki’s Unesco Bid
Kirin To Make Kyushu Veggie Juice, Help Nagasaki’s Unesco Bid ::: Kirin Beverage Kyushu has announced it will begin nationwide sales of a juice made solely from Kyushu and Okinawa ...
Feb 23, 2015 Local News
Kagoshima High Schooler Is World Champion Freestyle Dancer
Yuki Kato, a 17-year old resident of Kagoshima City, took home top prize in the freestyle division of Snipes Funkin’ Style, a hip-hop dance competition held in Berlin last November...
Feb 23, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Zoo Penguins To Get New Home
The Fukuoka City Zoo and Botanical Garden has begun planning a new enclosure for Humboldt penguins that will better mimic their natural environment along the rocky coasts of South ...
Feb 23, 2015 Local News
Kyushu Retailers Prepare For Lunar New Year Travellers
Shopping centers and department stores throughout Kyushu have beefed up services targeting foreign visitors in preparation for Chinese and Korean tourists expected to spend their L...
Feb 22, 2015 Local News
Nagasaki Prefecture To Begin Rv Rentals To Attract Transplants
Nagasaki Prefecture announced plans to begin renting recreational vehicles to people thinking about relocating to the prefecture. The idea behind this unique initiative is to get p...