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Nov 22, 2013 Local News
Open Top Bus Launches Illumination Tour
This Saturday Nov. 23, the Fukuoka Open Top Bus introduces two new Christmas season tour routes. Between Nov. 23 and Christmas Day Nov. 25, you can enjoy a night view of Fukuoka’s ...
Nov 22, 2013 Local News
New Kagoshima School Aims to Cultivate Leaders
The Kagoshima Prefecture Board of Education has announced it will conduct nationwide recruitment for Nanshun Junior-Senior High School, an integrated secondary and upper secondary ...
Nov 21, 2013 Local News
NYC’s Mart Mitton Comedy Magic Show at Canal City
Until the end of the month, NYC-based magician Mark Mitton will be performing illusion magic three times a day, at Canal City’s B1F Sun Plaza Stage as part of their “Comedy Magic S...
Nov 21, 2013 Local News
City Seeks Cooperation of Business in Event of Major Quake
Fukuoka City estimates that more than 190,000 residents would have trouble returning home if a large earthquake struck along the Kego Fault. About 62,000 of these people would be c...
Nov 20, 2013 Local News
Ming / Hakata Station Chikagai / Hakata Ichibangai 50th Anniversary
December 1 marks the 50th anniversary of Hakata Station’s three underground department stores: Ming, Hakataeki Chikagai and Hakata Ichibangai. To celebrate, there are various promo...
Nov 20, 2013 Local News
Vietnam Airlines Increase Fukuoka-Hanoi Flights
Vietnam Airlines has announced an increase in flights between Fukuoka and Hanoi - launching four round trips per week in peak times starting Feb. 2014. This brings the airline’s to...
Nov 20, 2013 Local News
Starflyer Staff Reductions
Kitakyushu-based LCC airline Starflyer will make staff cutbacks in anticipation of a financial deficit next spring. Early retirement will be offered to around 30 management staff i...
Nov 20, 2013 Local News
Seawater Therapy Gym Nears One Millionth User
Thalasso Fukuoka, a health and wellness facility in Hakozaki and the city’s first private-finance initiative (PFI) project, is expected to top one million users since coming under ...
Nov 15, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Skips Autumn, Cold Winter Expected
Since early November, winter-like pressure systems have swept over Japan, causing the weather to cool considerably and leaving many regions, including Kyushu, without a typical aut...
Nov 13, 2013 Local News
Kurume Company Co-Develops Emergency Rice Rations
Kurume-based food maker CTC-Lanka and agricultural cooperative e-FARM Kurume have teamed up to create canned rice emergency rations. Dubbed Rescue Rice, the rice is prepared by jus...