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Dec 20, 2013 Local News
Kurume Researchers Devise Award-Winning Space Shower
A research team from the Kurume Institute of Technology (KIT) took home first prize from the 2013 Mechanism and Robot Design Competition (sponsored by the Japan Society of Mechanic...
Dec 20, 2013 Local News
Saga Outfits Limousine Buses with Wi-Fi
On Dec. 20, the Saga City limousine bus service connecting Saga Airport with the Saga Station Bus Terminal will begin offering free wireless LAN service to coincide with a new flig...
Dec 19, 2013 Local News
Nishitetsu Applies for Train Fare Hike
Nishi-Nippon Railroad plans to increase train fares for the first time since July 1997 on its Tenjin-Omuta and Kaizuka lines next April. Base fares will be set at ¥150, and subsequ...
Dec 19, 2013 Local News
Yayoiken Heads to Taiwan
Fukuoka-based Plenus announced it will open a chain of Yayoi-ken restaurants in Taiwan starting in January. The company plans to open 15 of the teishoku (set meal) shops in Taiwan ...
Dec 19, 2013 Local News
Marathon Details Explained
The details of Fukuoka Marathon 2014, a new full marathon for citizens, have been released. The race, which will be held on November 9, will start at the Tenjin intersection in cen...
Dec 19, 2013 Local News
Tesla to Open Dealership in Fukuoka
Based on its Northern Kyushu Automobile Industry Cluster Promotion Plan, Fukuoka Prefecture aims to not only attract automobile-related industries to the area, but to present a new...
Dec 19, 2013 Local News
Pink Striped Buses Debut
Dec. 9, The Nishinippon Railroad Company began using pink striped Nishitetsu buses to help passengers more easily identify buses traveling along Watanabe-dori between Tenjin and Oh...
Dec 19, 2013 Local News
Plans for Kyushu’s Tallest Condo
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Nippo Corporation and Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. will begin construction on Kyushu’s highest condominium in Island City, Higashi-ku in Februar...
Dec 17, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Organization Takes Elder Care to China
Souseikai, a Fukuoka-based social welfare corporation that operates elder care facilities throughout Japan, will open a fee-based elder care home next year in Hangzhou City, Zhejia...
Dec 17, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka’s Furusato Tax Incomes Up
Five years have passed since the furusato (hometown) tax, a system that lets taxpayers donate some of their residential taxes to their former hometowns or other towns they want to ...