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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...
Nov 13, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Companies Have Few Female Managers
According to a survey conducted by Nishinippon Shimbun with 120 major companies in Kyushu, only 20% of respondents listed the percentage of female managers as “10% or more”, while ...
Nov 11, 2013 Local News
Paul McCartney in Fukuoka this Friday
Sir Paul McCartney touched down in Osaka on Saturday 11/9 greeted by thousands of Japanese fans; tonight he launches his first Japan tour “Out There” in 11 years! Over the next two...
Nov 11, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Basho Day 1 – Egyptian Debuts at Elite Level
21-year old Egyptian Osuna-arashi (born Abdelrahman Sharan) made his debut in sumo’s elite makuuchi division on Sunday at the opening of this year’s Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. D...
Nov 10, 2013 Local News
Tosu City Mascot’s Wings Clipped for Dirty Talk
Totto-chan, Tosu City’s (Saga Prefecture) popular mascot has been in the media after complaints he participated in obscene conversation during a late-night radio program. Not...
Nov 8, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Tower Illumination
Fukuoka Tower is getting ready to kick off its Christmas illumination – and anyone in the area last night (Nov. 7) would have received a preview as they tested the lights. This yea...