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Jun 5, 2013 Local News
More Days Off for Some Kyushu Dept. Stores
Many of Kyushu’s department stores have started increasing the number of days they take off. After regulations on the number of permissible work days were abolished in 2000, depart...
Jun 5, 2013 Local News
Ohori Park Boathouse to be Rebuilt
Fukuoka Prefecture announced plans to rebuild the boathouse at Ohori Park. The main building contained a cafe and restaurant which became famous for having a chair that Marilyn Mon...
Jun 4, 2013 Local News
Tuna Spawning Tank Opened in Nagasaki
The Fisheries Research Agency announced that it has completed an experimental tank for spawning bluefin tuna on land at its Nagasaki-based Seikai National Fisheries Research Instit...
Jun 4, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka City Employees Catch Criminal
May 28, the Fukuoka Chuo Police Station awarded letters of appreciation to three Fukuoka City Road & Wastewater Bureau employees who caught a man later arrested for cell phone came...
Jun 3, 2013 Local News
Japan’s Yui Kamiji Takes Title at International Wheelchair Tennis
A new star was born at the 29th Iizuka International Wheelchair Tennis Match, which finished yesterday in Iizuka City, Fukuoka. 19 year-old Ms. Yui Kamiji (representing Japan) took...
May 31, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Highway Buses Unite to Offer Online Discounts
Fourteen highway bus operators in Kyushu, including Fukuoka-based Nishinippon Railroad and Kumamoto-based Kyusanko Bus, will begin phasing in internet-only discounts this July. The...
May 30, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka International School Names New Director
Kazuo Oniki, Fukuoka Financial Group advisor and former president of Shinwa Bank, was appointed as the Executive Director of Fukuoka International School (FIS) on May 22. The first...
May 29, 2013 Local News
Ogori Army Division (Fukuoka) Deployed to Sudan
40 troops from the Fukuoka-based Ogori Army Division Camp of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces were deployed for peacekeeping operation in South Sudan on May 26. The Ogori divis...
May 29, 2013 Local News
Koga City Promotes “Kogashi”
Koga City plans to approach local companies and restaurants in an effort to develop “kogashi” (parched) foods, as local specialties. It is also a play on the city’s own name. The C...
May 28, 2013 Local News
ILC Group Takes Petition to the Streets
Let’s Bring the ILC to Kyushu, a group of young people in their 20s and 30s, continue to collect signatures in an effort raise awareness of the International Linear Collider (ILC),...