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Feb 18, 2013 Local News
¥980 Softbank Hawks Ticket Offer
Softbank Hawks Marketing have announced that Softbank Mobile phone users will have the opportunity to enter a lottery for ¥980 ‘A seat’ tickets this season. 2000 seats will be allo...
Feb 15, 2013 Local News
Kumamoto’s Ultraman Land to Close
Tokyo-based Tsuburaya Productions announced on Feb. 14 that it will close the Ultraman Land amusement park in Arao, Kumamoto on Sept. 1. The only theme park in Japan devoted to the...
Feb 15, 2013 Local News
¥500 Kyushu Shinkansen Ticket Sale
To celebrate the second anniversary of the Kyushu Shinkansen, ¥500 tickets are available for travel on Sat. Mar. 16th. The JR Kyushu’s special one coin tickets can be used for trav...
Feb 15, 2013 Local News
Name Announced for New Gate in Hakata
After an appeal to the public for ideas for the name for the new gate being built at 1 Hakataekimae, the name Tsujinodoguchimon and nickname Hakatasennennomon have been announced. ...
Feb 14, 2013 Local News
New Council Eyes Better Access to Airport’s Int’l Terminal
A liaison council of 13 public and private entities was launched on Feb. 13 with the aim of improving the convenience of Fukuoka Airport’s international terminal. It plans to doubl...
Feb 14, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Eco Mileage Scheme
In an effort to reduce CO2 emissions from households, the seven prefectures of Kyushu will adopt a carbon mileage program in which consumers can redeem points received from reducin...
Feb 13, 2013 Local News
Annual Aso Grass Burn-Off Begins
The grass burn-off in the Mt. Aso area began Feb 10, with the assistance of 60 volunteers. On the first day, 26 hectares were burned. The plans are that by April, 16,000 hectares w...
Feb 13, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka to Offer 3-D Virtual Castle Experience
Fukuoka City will launch a new service this April that lets visitors to Maizuru Park view 3-D graphic reconstructions of Fukuoka Castle by pointing tablet computers at the ruins. T...
Feb 13, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Plans to Hire 100 Cops
Amid a recent rash of incidents thought to be connected to organized crime, a plan to hire 100 police officers in fiscal 2013 was reported at a meeting of the Police Affairs Commit...
Feb 13, 2013 Local News
City Urges Residents to Recycle Old Devices
Do you have any old mobile phones or small electronic devices lying around? Old electronics are an important source gold, silver and rare earth metals that can be reused. Fukuoka h...