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Mar 16, 2023 Local News
New Fukuoka-Hong Kong Flights Announced
Hong Kong Airlines has announced the launch of a Fukuoka-Hong Kong route. Starting April 7th, they will operate four flights per week, catering to the inbound demand for visitors f...
Mar 16, 2023 Local News
Tackling Food Waste: Pietro’s Innovative Menu
Food manufacturer Pietro has partnered with Benners to process and sell "unused fish" not available in the market due to reasons unrelated to taste. Pietro's restaurants have begun...
Mar 15, 2023 Local News
Lost Wallet Leads Police to Guitar Theft Suspect
An unemployed man has been arrested for shoplifting a guitar worth approximately 540,000 yen from a music store in Amu Plaza, near Hakata Station in Japan. The suspect was identifi...
Mar 15, 2023 Local News
First Base Salary Increase in 23 Years for Saibu Gas Employees
In this year's labor negotiations, Saibu Gas, a major energy company, has decided to raise its base salary by an average of 3,700 yen per month. This is the first time in 23 years ...
Mar 15, 2023 Local News
Tagawa City Partners with Green Chemie for Disaster Relief
Tagawa City signed an agreement with Green Chemie, a company that manufactures preserved food for disaster preparedness, to facilitate the procurement and supply of disaster relief...
Mar 15, 2023 Local News
Chimp-tastic! Kinko Joins Fukuoka City Zoo
On the afternoon of the 14th, a female chimpanzee named "Kinko" arrived at the Fukuoka City Zoo's chimpanzee enclosure. Born in Egypt, Kinko is estimated to be 33 years old. She wa...
Mar 14, 2023 Local News
Hakata Dontaku Port Festival Returns After 2-Year Hiatus
One of the three major festivals in Hakata, the "Hakata Dontaku Port Festival," will be held this year on the same scale as before the spread of the new coronavirus, and the wearin...
Mar 13, 2023 Local News
UPDATE: Former President of “Daimaru Besso” Inn Found Dead
The former president of the operating company for the long-established inn "Daimaru Besso" in Chikushino City, who had been criminally charged with violating the Public Bathhouse A...
Mar 10, 2023 Local News
Kyushu University Startup Raises 1bn Yen For Satellite Development
QPS Research Institute, a startup from Kyushu University, has raised about 1 billion yen in a third-party allocation of new shares to establish a satellite factory and develop a ne...
Mar 9, 2023 Local News
Update: Criminal Complaint Against Inn for Bathhouse Law Violations
Fukuoka Prefecture has filed a criminal complaint against a longstanding inn in Chikushino City for suspected violation of the Public Bathhouse Law, as they provided false explanat...