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May 12, 2013 Local News
Kumamon Becomes A German-Made Steiff Teddy Bear
The world’s top teddy bear company Stieff Co. has just released a Kumamon teddy bear! Founded in 1880, Steiff is a German-based plush teddy bear company known for its high quality....
May 12, 2013 Local News
Iwataya Mitsukoshi Profits Rebound
Mitsukoshi Isetan Holdings announced that its Fukuoka-based subsidiary Iwataya Mitsukoshi, recorded a net loss of ¥110 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2013. This marks the t...
May 12, 2013 Local News
Yutaka Aso To Chair Kyukeiren
The Kyushu Economic Federation (Kyukeiren) announced that Yutaka Aso, president of Aso Cement and brother of Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, will be the group’s next chairman. He w...
May 10, 2013 Local News
Local Pet Shops Raided, Suspected of Smuggling
Fukuoka Prefecture Police seized computers and accounting ledgers from nine locations in connection with two vendors suspected of illegally selling Siamese crocodiles, a critically...
May 10, 2013 Local News
Number of Homeless Hits All-Time Low
Fukuoka Prefecture reported that the there were 354 homeless persons in the prefecture as of Jan. 2013, making for the lowest number on record since surveys began in 2003. This rep...
May 9, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka and Saga Governors Visit Switzerland to Attract ILC
The Governor of Fukuoka, Mr. Hiroshi Ogawa, and the Governor of Saga, Mr. Yasushi Furukawa will attend the CERN (Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire) conference in Geneva,...
May 9, 2013 Local News
Saibu Gas to Acquire Stake in Fish Wholesaler
Saibu Gas announced that it plans to acquire a 90% stake in Fukuoka Chuo Uo Ichiba Co., Ltd, a wholesale auctioneering outfit that operates out of the Fukuoka City Central Wholesal...
May 8, 2013 Local News
New Cocktails with Local Fukuoka Ingredients
The Fukuoka Headquarters of the Nihon Bartender Association (NBA) has registered three new cocktails, made using ingredients from Fukuoka Prefecture. Two are alcoholic cocktails c...
May 8, 2013 Local News
Peach Reaches 2 Million Passenger Milestone
Peach Aviation announced yesterday that they have exceeded two million total passengers one month ahead of schedule. The LCC airline launched last March, and reached the first mile...
May 7, 2013 Local News
Group of Saga and Fukuoka Youth Push for ILC
Let’s Bring the ILC to Kyushu, a group of young people in their 20s and 30s, began collecting signatures on May 1 in an effort raise awareness of the International Linear Collider ...