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Sep 3, 2014 Local News
Health Ministry Raids Head Shops
On Aug. 27, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare conducted simultaneous raids of head shops in Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi and Fukuoka Prefectures, and for the first time, ordered th...
Sep 2, 2014 Local News
New Art Guide Uncovers Local Scene
For the first time in more than a decade, a comprehensive bilingual guide to Fukuoka’s flourishing art scene has been released as a printed booklet. The “Kyushu-Okinawa Artist File...
Aug 28, 2014 Local News
Luxury Rental Car Company Proving Popular
In the one year since it first opened, Executive Rentacar, a luxury car rental service in Higashi Ward, has been gaining attention and picking up more repeat customers. “There appe...
Aug 28, 2014 Local News
Tsunami Predictions for Sea of Japan Released
On Aug. 26 a government-sponsored expert panel on large-scale earthquakes along the Sea of Japan released its first tsunami height estimates for 16 prefectures from Hokkaido to Nag...
Aug 28, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka City Bulletin September 2014
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
Aug 26, 2014 Local News
Kyushu & Okinawa Have Higher Rate of Female-Run Businesses
According to a survey recently released by the Fukuoka Branch of Teikoku Databank, the percentage of companies in Kyushu and Okinawa with female CEOs is 8.5%, or 1.1 points higher ...
Aug 26, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka Airport Will be Busier Than Expected
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure Transport and Tourism, which is currently conducting an environmental impact assessment ahead of construction on a new runway at Fukuoka Airpor...
Aug 26, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka’s Soccer Team Avispa Receives Critical Funding
Sources have revealed that Tokyo-based systems developer SystemSoft has agreed to give ¥100 million in funding to the struggling J2 soccer club Avispa Fukuoka. The cash infusion is...
Aug 22, 2014 Local News
Space World Extra One day Free Pass
Space World in Kitakyushu is selling a new discounted ticket “Summer Plus 1 Free Pass” - you can visit twice and save! On sale from Aug. 20~31, the pass costs ¥6,000 for adults and...
Aug 22, 2014 Local News
Jetstar to Offer Three New Routes To/From Kumamoto
Low-cost carrier Jetstar Japan announced it will begin offering regular flights between Kumamoto Airport and the three major international airports of Narita, Kansai and Chubu on O...