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Aug 12, 2014 Local News
Island City to Get New High-Rise Condos
Fukuoka City announced that four companies—Osaka-based Sekisui House and Fukuoka-based Nishi-nippon Railroad, Fukuoka Jisho and Saibu Gas Kosho—will team up to build four high-rise...
Aug 12, 2014 Local News
City Hall to Test Work-at-Home Scheme
Fukuoka City announced that it will begin a trial run of a work-at-home scheme for city employees who need to care for children or elderly relatives. The City aims to encourage sim...
Aug 7, 2014 Local News
Kyushu Gets First Tanita Shokudo
On Aug. 6 Tokyo-based health monitoring scale manufacturer Tanita opened one of its health food restaurants in Yakuin. Dubbed a Tanita Shokudo, it is the company’s first restaurant...
Aug 6, 2014 Local News
Can LCCs Survive with Osprey in Saga
The Japanese subsidiary of Chinese low-cost carrier (LCC) Spring Airlines began its Narita-Saga route on Aug. 1. The new route is part of the prefectural government’s efforts to ma...
Aug 6, 2014 Local News
355th Chikugo-gawa Fireworks Festival Rescheduled
If you missed out on this year’s Ohori Fireworks Festival, here’s your chance to see another an even bigger fireworks display in Kyushu. The 355th Chikugo-gawa Fireworks Festival d...
Aug 6, 2014 Local News
Former Hanshin Tigers Slugger Randy Bass in Fukuoka
Former superstar slugger for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team, Randy Bass, will be at PARCO Tenjin tomorrow to promote his original brand of beef jerky - “Bass Triple Crown”. Bass ...
Aug 5, 2014 Local News
Film: Karaage ☆ USA, Set in Oita Prefecture
A new feature film set in Kyushu will be released this September. “Karaage ☆ USA” (2014/Japan/95 minutes) was filmed in Usa City, Oita - a city known throughout Japan for its mouth...
Aug 5, 2014 Local News
Genkai Town Re-elects Pro-Nuke Mayor
On Aug. 3, Genkai Town in Saga Prefecture re-elected incumbent mayor Hideo Kishimoto to a third term. In the first election since the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Kishimoto...
Aug 5, 2014 Local News
Adios, Miyazaki Ocean Dome
Phoenix Resorts, the operator of the Seagaia resort in Miyazaki, has announced plans to dismantle the shuttered indoor swimming facility known as Ocean Dome. The company has determ...
Aug 4, 2014 Local News
Sagan Tosu Returns to the Top of J.League-1
Sagan Tosu (Saga Prefecture’s professional soccer club) returned to the #1 spot in the J. League-1 this weekend after defeating Nagoya Grampus 1-0 at their home stadium on Aug. 2. ...