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Jan 21, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka City Staff Suggest Casinos
A study session was held at the Prefectural Office on Jan. 17 at which three Fukuoka City Hall employees announced the findings of their research on the feasibility of operating ca...
Jan 19, 2013 Local News
Win A Free Air Ticket To Amsterdam From Fukuoka!
To celebrate the launch of a brand new non-stop route between Fukuoka and Amsterdam (from Apr. 3) we’re giving away a free round trip air ticket by lucky draw at the upcoming...
Jan 19, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka To Host Spring Fashion Show
Fukuoka Asian Fashion Promotion Council (FACo) have announced that it will hold the 5th Fukuoka Asia Collection 2013, this spring. Twenty-seven local apparel businesses and brands ...
Jan 18, 2013 Local News
New Company to Employ Ex-convicts
Local real estate company owner and volunteer probation officer Isao Soejima has established a recycling company called Human Harbor to provide jobs to ex-convicts. Sympathetic to ...
Jan 18, 2013 Local News
City to Test Direct Bus Routes to Waterfront
Fukuoka City will pilot a new direct bus route linking the Tenjin and Hakata Station areas with the Waterfront, the area along Hakata Bay that is home to the Fukuoka International ...
Jan 18, 2013 Local News
McDonald’s Tests Burger Prices in Kyushu
On Jan. 16 it was discovered that McDonald’s Japan raised the price of its iconic hamburger from ¥100 to ¥120 at 145 outlets in and around Kyushu. Amid a prolonged slump, the burge...
Jan 16, 2013 Local News
Munakata to Reproduce Edo Period Marriage Parade
On February 24th Munakata cities citizen group, the Akama districts community management council, will be holding their annual Akama inn festival where they will reenact a marriage...
Jan 16, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka’s Desalinated Bottled Sea Water
The sales of bottled water made from desalinated water of the Genkai Sea since last year April has been going well. The "Drinkable sea water" has been on sale for ¥200 at the City ...
Jan 15, 2013 Local News
Plans for Kyushu Luxury Train Cruises Attract Millionaires Overseas
The "Seven Stars in Kyushu" luxury sleeper cruise train, which will start making the rounds of Kyushu next autumn, has been quick to catch on with well-off people not only in Japan...
Jan 15, 2013 Local News
HTB Gives up on Nagasaki-Shanghai Route
Huis Ten Bosch subsidiary HTB Cruise announced on Jan. 11 that it has abandoned efforts to resume its Nagasaki-Shanghai passenger service. The company said will explore resuming ca...