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Mar 11, 2013 Local News
Update on Displaced Persons from Tohoku to Kyushu
According to the Reconstruction Agency, the number of persons who have evacuated to Kyushu from the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake rose by 51 to 2,429 (as of Feb...
Mar 11, 2013 Local News
Pillar Holes Unearthed in Fukuoka Castle Remains
The Fukuoka City team in charge of refurbishing Fukuoka Castle, a national historic site, has discovered holes from pillars used to support mud walls. None of the pillars or walls ...
Mar 8, 2013 Local News
Mayor Vows to Keep Kawaii-ku
After a review conducted by the Gender Equality Promotion Council, Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced that Fukuoka’s City’s virtual seventh ward, Kawaii-ku, would be “maintained an...
Mar 8, 2013 Local News
Kyuden’s Electricity Rate Hike on Hold
A Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry expert panel charged with examining Kyushu Electric Power’s rate hike request issued a report to Minister Motegi calling for deeper employ...
Mar 8, 2013 Local News
Oita City Votes to De-mask Skull Reaper A-ji
The Oita City Assembly held a meeting of party heads on Mar. 6 to discuss the fate of newly elected masked wrestler Skull Reaper A-ji—or more precisely, his mask. The group decided...
Mar 8, 2013 Local News
Saga Sake Brewers to Hike Prices
It was discovered that nine of 29 sake brewers in Saga Prefecture plan to raise the suggested retail price of their sake between April and May in an effort to combat rising product...
Mar 6, 2013 Local News
Orange Railway to Add Dining Car
Hisatsu Orange Railway, the third-sector company that operates trains between Yatsushiro, Kumamoto and Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, unveiled its new dining car, the Orange Café, to th...
Mar 6, 2013 Local News
Yatai Ordinance Details Released
On Mar. 4 Fukuoka released a summary of its Yatai Ordiance, a law aimed at clarifying rules for operating outdoor food stalls and cracking down on violators. The new law will allow...
Mar 6, 2013 Local News
City Hall Heaps on More Aid for Hakataza
Fukuoka City has finalized plans to provide additional financial support to Hakataza Theater in the upcoming fiscal year. City Hall will allocate ¥130 million to help cover utiliti...
Mar 5, 2013 Local News
Northern Kyushu Pegged for Osprey Training Flights
The Ministry of Defense announced that the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft deployed at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Ginowan, Okinawa), will conduct low-altitude training...