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May 17, 2013 Local News
Itoshima and Vets Team Up to Help Pets After Disasters
The 750 member-strong Fukuoka Prefecture Veterinarians’ Association has established Japan’s first Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT), a group of vets who work to rescue pets...
May 17, 2013 Local News
Free Safety Buzzer Rentals Expanded
A council consisting of JR Kyushu, JR West, Nishinippon Railroad, Fukuoka City Subway, Amagi Railroad and the Kitakyushu Monorail have agreed to expand free safety buzzer rentals. ...
May 16, 2013 Local News
FFG Records Highest Profit on Record
On May 13 Fukuoka Financial Group released its consolidated financial statement for the fiscal year ended March 2013 which reveals the company recorded its highest net profit on re...
May 15, 2013 Local News
Health Sciences Grad School to Open in Momochihama
The Tochigi-based International University of Health and Welfare Group has purchased the Kyushu Multimedia Center, a vacant building in the Fukuoka Soft Research Park (SRP) in Momo...
May 15, 2013 Local News
New Yamakasa Guidebook Released
The Hakata Gion Yamakasa Promotion Committee has published a new edition of its guidebook on the Hakata Yamakasa festival. First released in 1988, the guidebook explains the variou...
May 15, 2013 Local News
Local Castle Guidebook Published
ACROS Fukuoka has published a guidebook called “Famous Castles of Fukuoka Prefecture”. It is the seventh book in the Culture Reader series, which showcases local culture, history a...
May 14, 2013 Local News
Starflyer’s New Route to Guam
Japanese LCC Starflyer announced yesterday (5/10) they will launch a new trial route between Kitakyushu~Guam, with 13 round trips scheduled for the month of August. It’s the first ...
May 14, 2013 Local News
PARCO Annex to Open Next Fall
Tokyo-based department store chain Parco announced that it will open a new annex on the site of the old Iwataya Annex located adjacent to its Tenjin store next Fall. The new buildi...
May 14, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka City Population Tops 1.5 Million
At his regular press conference on May 13, Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced that Fukuoka’s population had topped 1.5 million. Fukuoka was incorporated as a city of 50,847...
May 12, 2013 Local News
Civil Works Venture Suspected Of Sand Fraud
A Fukuoka-based joint venture hired by the Prefecture to conduct sand capping, a technique to improve water quality, in the Ariake Sea is suspected of misstating the amount of sand...