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Sep 16, 2014 Local News
Road To Become Single-Lane Near Canal City
Due to the construction of a new subway station on the 1.4 km Nanakuma extension, municipal roads close to Canal City (Hakata-ku) will be changed from two-lane to single-lane roads...
Sep 13, 2014 Local News
Kyuden May Scrap Reactor At Genkai
Kyushu Electric Power Co. (“Kyuden”) is considering shuttering the No. 1 reactor at its in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture. The 559,000 kW reactor will turn 40 next year, which is the...
Sep 13, 2014 Local News
Nexco To Offer Highway Passes To Foreign Tourists
West Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO West) will start selling the Kyushu Expressway Pass, an “all-you-can-drive” highway pass for foreign tourists on Oct. 1. Available through Dec...
Sep 12, 2014 Local News
Special Zone Details Take Shape
On Sept. 4 Fukuoka City released the initial draft of the initiatives planned for the Special Zone for Global Startups and Job Creation (one of the Japanese government’s National S...
Sep 10, 2014 Local News
New Parco Building To Offer More Space To Relax
Tokyo-based department store Parco announced that the new building of its Fukuoka store will open on Nov. 13. Once the new building opens, Parco says it aims to attract 20 million ...
Sep 4, 2014 Local News
Kyushu Goods Popular in Dalian, China
A new drugstore chain chock-full of products from Kyushu, is proving popular in Dalian, China. The Liaoning Kangxinmei Commercial Chain, a joint venture formed by Yokohama-based dr...
Sep 4, 2014 Local News
New Daihatsu Truck Caters to Farm Women
Daihatsu has begun selling the latest model of its Hijet Truck, the first complete overhaul of the popular “kei truck” model in 15 years. Working in cooperation with the agricultur...
Sep 4, 2014 Local News
Yatai Ordinance Turns One, Outlook Murky for Some Operators
One year has passed since Fukuoka City passed the Yatai Ordinance. The City says the new law has helped improve yatai etiquette, but out of 124 yatai, 31 cases of “name lending” ha...
Sep 4, 2014 Local News
Futaba Pupils Start School in “New” Building
On Sep. 1 classes began for the 600 students of Futaba Elementary School, but in a slightly different location. The school has temporarily moved into the old Daimyo Elementary Scho...
Sep 3, 2014 Local News
Kyushu’s Summer Coldest in 11 Years
According to the Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory, average temperatures in Kyushu for the period from June to August fell well below the normal temperatures, making for ...