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Mar 22, 2013 Local News
Guinness Record Attempt for Three-legged Walk
A three-legged walk Guinness Record attempt at the riverbank of the Chikugogawa River in Haki-machi, Asakura City will be held Mar. 24. The event hopes to show revival of area afte...
Mar 22, 2013 Local News
Vietnamese Buffet at Hotel Nikko
The Hotel Nikko in Hakata-ku celebrates the 40 year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Vietnam by offering a ‘Delicious Vietnamese Food Fair’, Apr.1~May ...
Mar 22, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Open Top Bus 1st Anniversary & Route Change
Celebrate the first anniversary of the Fukuoka Open Top Bus this Sunday, March 24th. For one hour, the Open Top Bus will be stationed outside City Hall - open to the public to boar...
Mar 21, 2013 Local News
Kyushu is Key to Offshore Wind Power
Efforts to tap into the latent potential of offshore wind power generation in Kyushu are heating up. Tests are underway or scheduled at sites in Fukuoka and Nagasaki, and estimates...
Mar 21, 2013 Local News
Metro Fukuoka Not Immune to Graying
Although the population of the metropolitan Fukuoka is growing, aging is also steadily progressing. This revelation came from a demographic survey released by the Development Bank ...
Mar 19, 2013 Local News
Damage Estimates for Nankai Quake
On Mar. 18 the Cabinet Office released its estimates for physical damages and economic losses in the event of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough. Experts have said a large e...
Mar 19, 2013 Local News
Costco Kitakyushu Opens Mar. 22!
Costco Wholesale Japan announced the opening of two new warehouses: Kitakyushu Warehouse on March 22 and Hiroshima Warehouse on March 23, 2013. Costco is the world's largest member...
Mar 19, 2013 Local News
RKB Radio to Build Solar Farm
Fukuoka City's RKB Radio announced Mar. 15, it will start to build solar farms at its radio towers in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu and Yukuhashi City in April. Construction will cost 3...
Mar 19, 2013 Local News
Kyushu’s First Mega Don Quijote Opened
Mega Don Quijote opened their first Mega-store in Kyushu in Iizuka City on Mar. 15. The new store is 2,860㎡, and is filled with 80,000 items ranging from food to famous brand handb...
Mar 18, 2013 Local News
PARCO Doubles Down on Fukuoka
Tokyo-based PARCO has announced it will purchase the building housing its Tenjin store along with an adjacent building from the Tsuzuki Educational Institution Group for ¥26.5 bill...