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Aug 30, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka City Gets High Marks for Urban Development
Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center released a report on urban competitiveness of eight cities around the world, and Fukuoka was named as a city with the most progress in 'urban de...
Aug 30, 2019 Local News
Kyushu Electric Power Enters Strawberry Market
Kyushu Electric Power Co. opened a farming facility to test their smart-agriculture system in growing strawberries. The system is designed to automatically control air conditioning...
Aug 30, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka’s Amaou Strawberry Retains Top Brand Ranking
Amaou has remains at the top of national strawberry brands with the highest average sales price per kilogram for fifteen years in a row. The strawberry from Fukuoka hit stores in 2...
Aug 30, 2019 Local News
Parrots Pirated From Shop in Asakura
Five birds were stolen from Bird Center Asakura. On the morning of August 19, the shop owner Yasunori Tanaka entered the bird shed and found cages of five parrots worth ¥1.7 millio...
Aug 29, 2019 Local News
Damage Reported After Heavy Rains in Northern Kyushu
The severe rainfall in the northern Kyushu area has resulted in at least two deaths in the prefectures of Fukuoka and Saga. While special warnings in the area were lifted in the af...
Aug 28, 2019 Local News
Emergency Weather Warnings in Effect for Northern Kyushu
Heavy rainfall began in the northern areas of Kyushu last night, and the Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a special warning. Mudslides, floods, and rising rivers have occurre...
Aug 28, 2019 Local News
Korean Air Reduces Number of Flights to Fukuoka
Korean Air announced that they will reduce the number of flights running between Fukuoka and Busan. The airline currently operates two round trips a day. However, this will drop to...
Aug 28, 2019 Local News
New Flight Route Established Between Kitakyushu and Dalian
China Eastern Airlines have established a new route between Kitakyushu and Dalian. The airline began operating it on August 17 and will run three round flights a week. Approximatel...
Aug 28, 2019 Local News
Joyfull Announce Losses
Restaurant chain Joyfull's consolidated financial statements for the first half of this fiscal year reveal a ¥4.9 billion loss in takings. The decline has primarily been attributed...
Aug 27, 2019 Local News
Ride the Haunted Ferris Wheel at Marinoa City
Enjoy your nights on a haunted Ferris wheel at Marinoa City Fukuoka. The horror event "Woman of Bloody Scissors" uses projections, sound effects, and physical motions to scare the ...
