Local News
- TOP
- Local News
Jun 27, 2014 Local News
City Bulletin July 2014
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
Jun 26, 2014 Local News
Tom Cruise Greets Fukuoka in Yamakasa Wear
Mega-movie star Tom Cruise delighted fans in Fukuoka with a 20 minute appearance in front of JR Hakata Station today. He was in town to promote his new film, “All You Need is Kill”...
Jun 26, 2014 Local News
Kyushu Nuke Plant Evacuation Zones May Be Inadequate
According to a research report issued by Environmental Research Institute-Tokyo, if accidents requiring evacuation were to occur at the Sendai (Kagoshima) and Genkai (Saga) nuclear...
Jun 25, 2014 Local News
American Giraffe Arrives at Fukuoka Zoo
Fukuoka Zoo recently welcomed a new female giraffe from America. She’s been brought in to become the mate bride of Keebo the eleven-year-old longtime bachelor giraffe. The new gira...
Jun 25, 2014 Local News
Kitakyushu Hanger Company Starts Crowdfunding Site
Kitakyushu-based dry cleaner hanger manufacturer Maruso Industry has launched a crowdfunding site to finance the original manufacturing business ideas of small companies and indivi...
Jun 24, 2014 Local News
Tom Cruise Coming to Fukuoka
“Top Gun” Tom Cruise is coming to Fukuoka this Thursday! (Yes, the real Tom Cruise!) He’s coming to here to promote his new film “Edge of Tomorrow”, based on the Japanese sci-fi no...
Jun 23, 2014 Local News
World-Class Editing Company Calls Fukuoka Home
Did you know Fukuoka is home to Japan’s biggest academic English editing company? New Zealander Kerry Greer, a former corporate lawyer, founded Edanz Group Japan in 1995 to provide...
Jun 23, 2014 Local News
Pet Funeral Service To Begin
AEON Kyushu, a large retail company, announced on June 19 that they will start an intermediary service for pet funeral homes and cemeteries on July 1 in Fukuoka and Oita prefecture...
Jun 19, 2014 Local News
Strategic Zone Committee to Discuss Residency Rules
The first meeting of the Strategic Zone Committee for the national government’s new job creation zones will be held in Fukuoka on 6/28. A decision is expected to be made on additio...
Jun 19, 2014 Local News
Medical Support Center Has Made Zero Referrals
It was revealed that the Fukuoka Asian Medical Support Center, which was opened by the Prefecture 2.5 years ago to support foreign patients wishing to visit Japan for medical treat...