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Apr 23, 2014 Local News
New Italian Motorcycle and Scooter Shop in Fukuoka
Congratulations to Osamu Inoue and his staff on the opening today of the Scooter Italiano Fukuoka – an official dealer for premium Italian motorcycle brands including Moto Gu...
Apr 22, 2014 Local News
Itoshima Resident Briton Returns WWll Flag To Heir
Paul Parrot, a British citizen who runs the “Cafe Little Britain” in Itoshima, returned a Japanese flag to the descendents of the soldier to whom it belonged 71 years after his gra...
Apr 22, 2014 Local News
Volcanologists Say Sendai Plant At Risk
In a survey of Japanese volcanologists conducted by Nishinippon Shimbun, the Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima was chosen as having the highest risk of vo...
Apr 21, 2014 Local News
Golden Week Traffic Forecasts
JR Kyushu and various airlines released their travel forecasts for Golden Week (4/25~5 /6), which reveal the more people will likely be travelling during the four-day stretch in la...
Apr 21, 2014 Local News
Gunkanjima Proves Popular
More than half a million people have visited Gunkanjima (Nagasaki Prefecture) since the ban on visitors was lifted five years ago. The abandoned island, once home to a bustling coa...
Apr 18, 2014 Local News
Canadian Company To Install Solar Panels At Nissan Kyushu
On Apr. 16, Solar Power Network, a Canadian company that installs roof-top solar panels, announced plans to install a 2130 kW solar panel array on the roof of Nissan Kyushu’s facto...
Apr 17, 2014 Local News
National Population Falls, But Fukuoka Manages Slight Gain
According to demographic statistics released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan’s total population (including foreign residents; current as of Oct. 1, 20...
Apr 16, 2014 Local News
Practice a Full Marathon in Kayoicho Park
Many peolpe are beginning to train for the upcoming Fukuoka marathon. Kayoicho Park in Kasuyamachi which has a large pond and a 4.2195km walking course around it is recommended as ...
Apr 16, 2014 Local News
Riverain Strives To Broaden Appeal
The Hakata Riverain commercial complex in Hakata-ku is trying to shed its image as “too expensive” to become “more inviting.” Over the past two years, Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, the keyst...
Apr 16, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka Zoo Welcomes Tsushima Leopard Cat Kittens
On Apr. 14, the Fukuoka City Zoo announced the birth of three Tsushima leopard cats, a nationally protected species that it has been trying to breed. One of the kittens died after ...