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Jun 9, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka Global Venture Awards Calls for Entries
The “Fukuoka Global Venture Awards” will take place for the first time this year, in Fukuoka City. The event is an English business plan contest for Japanese companies expanding in...
Jun 9, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka Restaurateur Markets Original Tequila
Noriaki Sugiyama, the owner of the El Borracho chain of Mexican restaurants in and one location in Tokyo, has developed a lighter, smoother tequila for the Japanese market. Sugiyam...
Jun 9, 2014 Local News
Kitakyushu Chamber to Offer Regular Factory Tours
The Kitakyushu Chamber of Commerce will begin offering industrial sightseeing tours this October. Working in cooperation with a Kitakyushu-based travel agent, the Chamber will deve...
Jun 6, 2014 Local News
City to Provide Extra Taxi Tickets to the Disabled
Fukuoka City, which subsidizes initial taxi fares for the severely physically disabled, will start providing additional ¥20 coupons in June to cover the increase in taxi fares. Und...
Jun 6, 2014 Local News
Niwaka Senpei Launch New “Black” Box
On 6/16 (Mon.), Fukuoka City-based confectionery maker Toundo will launch a special new “black” range of “Niwaka Senpei”. You may have seen the popular cracker brand, which contain...
Jun 4, 2014 Local News
Gunkanjima Becomes National Historic Site
Hashima (also known as “Gunkanjima” or “Battleship Island”) in Nagasaki, the abandoned island once home to a bustling coal mining town, will become a designated National Historic S...
Jun 4, 2014 Local News
Tenjin Yatai Coupon Book Goes on Sale
Nishi-Nippon Railroad has started selling coupon booklets for yatai food stalls in the Tenjin area. The booklets, which cost ¥1,500, contain a map of yatai and coupons worth ¥1,500...
Jun 4, 2014 Local News
JR Kyushu Beetle to Return to Hirado this Summer
For the first time since the service was discontinued in 1994, JR Kyushu will offer one round-trip between Fukuoka and Hirado City (Nagasaki Prefecture) on its Beetle high-speed fe...
Jun 3, 2014 Local News
Kyushu’s Rainy Season Begins
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced that rainy season (tsuyu) began yesterday morning (6/2) in Kyushu: six days later than last year, but three days earlier than average. Gen...
May 29, 2014 Local News
Free Internet Spots Installed at Expressway Rest Stops
On May 28, the West Nippon Expressway began a free internet service for drivers resting at Service Areas (SA) and Parking Areas (PA) along the expressway. A total of 144 free inter...