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Apr 14, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka Company To Start Thai Phone Interpreting Service
Amid the increase in the number of Thai visitors, Fukuoka-based translation and interpreting agency BeBorn will launch a Thai telephone interpreting service on Apr. 14. Thai teleph...
Apr 9, 2014 Local News
Kyushu Faces Aging Infrastructure Problem
Kyushu’s aging public infrastructure, much of which was built during the rapid economic expansion after the war, is becoming a serious issue. In the seven prefectures, nearly 40% o...
Apr 9, 2014 Local News
Kyushu to Use Onsen to Lure Foreign Tourists
In an interview with Nishinippon Shimbun, Susumu Ishihara, the chairman of the Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization, outlined a goal to attract 4.46 million foreign visitors to Ky...
Apr 7, 2014 Local News
Prefecture Population Up for 18th Straight Year
Fukuoka Prefecture released the results of its 2013 population movement survey, which revealed an increase of 5,344 persons year-on-year (as of Oct. 1) bringing the total populatio...
Apr 4, 2014 Local News
KLM to Add More Flights
On Apr. 1, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines added another round-trip Fukuoka-Amsterdam flight, bringing the weekly number up from three to four. The route, which was the first to connect K...
Apr 3, 2014 Local News
City Preps for Special Zone
On Apr. 2 Fukuoka City opened a National Strategic Zone Promotion Office to begin work on setting up a special zone for job creation by this summer. The aim is to make Fukuoka “the...
Apr 3, 2014 Local News
Koga City Subsidizes Regular Employment
On Apr. 1 Koga City began offering monthly subsidies of ¥5,000~10,000 per person for companies within the city that hire new transplants as regular employees. The aim is to provide...
Apr 3, 2014 Local News
Kyushu Warming Up
Research by the Fukuoka Local Meteorological Observatory appears to show that global warming is having an impact on Kyushu. The average annual temperature of the Kyushu/Yamaguchi r...
Apr 2, 2014 Local News
Robotic Dogs Dance to AKB48
See 20 Sony “AIBO” robotic dogs perform to AKB48 at Robosquare on April 22! Fukuoka’s unique Robosquare was opened in 2002 and operates with the goals of increasing familiarity wit...
Apr 2, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka City Eliminates Nursery School Waits
City Hall announced that its nursery school waiting list was set to reach zero on Apr. 1. Last April, the city was the second worst in Japan with a waiting list of 695 children. Th...