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May 28, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Symphony Hit Hard by Kyuden Cuts
The 60-year Kyushu Symphony Orchestra is struggling to rebuild. Founded in 1953, it has been supported with generous donations from Kyushu Electric Power Company ever since, and it...
May 28, 2013 Local News
Saibu Gas Eyes Rate Cut Next Year
In an interview with Nishinippon Shimbun, president of Saibu Gas, Yoshio Sakemi, revealed plans to lower gas rates once the Hibiki Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in northern Kyu...
May 28, 2013 Local News
Singapore Airlines Launches Daily FUK~SIN Flights Today
Beginning today, May 28, Singapore Airlines increased the number of flights on their Fukuoka ~ Singapore route. Previously, the airline offered 5 flights per week on the route, but...
May 28, 2013 Local News
City Certifies Incubated Companies
On May 27, Fukuoka City began granting “Incubated in Fukuoka” certification logos to companies that are operating, or have operated, in low-rent incubator spaces for entrepreneurs....
May 28, 2013 Local News
Rainy Season is Here, Guerilla Rains Expected
It’s time to bust out the old umbrella – Kyushu’s rainy season (“tsuyu” in Japanese) officially started today, May 28, and it’s forecast to be a strong one! Conditions for most of ...
May 28, 2013 Local News
City Bulletin June 2013
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
May 27, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Global Human Resource Fair 2013
NCB Research & Consulting Co., Ltd (the investment arm of The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd. ) holds its “Kyushu Globalized People Fair 2013” this week in Fukuoka. The event, happeni...
May 27, 2013 Local News
Fit Prof Unlocks Mystery of “Magic” Soccer Shot
Taketo Yokota, a professor of fluid dynamics at Fukuoka Institute of Technology, has solved the mystery of the “no-spin shot”, a specialty of Keisuke Honda of the Japan national so...
May 27, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Animation Goes to France
The CG animated film “After School Midnighters” by Fukuoka director Hitoshi Takekiyo will be shown in France this June, at the Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy. ...
May 27, 2013 Local News
Summer Power Saving Schedule Announced
Kyuden (Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.) has announced the power saving schedule for summer 2013. The period includes weekdays between 09:00 ~ 20:00, from Jul. 1 ~ Sep. 30. During ...