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Nov 8, 2019 Local News
Compulsory Bicycle Insurance Considered for Fukuoka
Fukuoka Prefecture is considering to introduce regulations mandating compulsory bicycle insurance. Over 4,000 bicycle accidents occurred in the prefecture in 2018, including some c...
Nov 7, 2019 Local News
Tagawa Builds Heart Shaped Object to Attract Romantics
Tagawa City, home of the Mitsui Tagawa Mine, constructed a new heart-shaped object to celebrate the history of its coal mining. The object, Hyakunen no Kane (bell of 100 years,) co...
Nov 7, 2019 Local News
Japan Transocean Air Introduces Wooden Straws
Japan Transocean Air (JTA) introduced wooden straws for its onboard beverage service. Beginning on October 1, straws made of domestic lumber, including cedar trees, have been used ...
Nov 7, 2019 Local News
Sony to Expand Manufacturing Base in Isahaya, Nagasaki
Sony Corporation announced an additional investment into its manufacturing base in Isahaya, Nagasaki, on October 30. To meet the increasing demand for image sensors used for device...
Nov 7, 2019 Local News
Saibu Gas Reports Contract Losses
Saibu Gas revealed that it has lost a significant percentage of customers who switched from gas to electricity contracts. At a press conference on October 29, the company announced...
Nov 7, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Airport to Add More Flights Next Spring
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced plans to bump up the number of flights taking off and landing at Fukuoka Airport from 35 to 38 per hour. This ...
Nov 1, 2019 Local News
Beppu Company to Offer Portable Onsen Nationwide
A Beppu-based company will start an unusual service to transport and deliver an onsen facility by truck. An inflatable structure, consisting of two sets of onsen bath for 4~5 perso...
Nov 1, 2019 Local News
Kickboards to be Field Tested at Kyushu University
Kyushu University has been designated for a field test of kickboard share projects in Fukuoka City. Ten electric scooters were introduced at the university campus on October 24 to ...
Nov 1, 2019 Local News
Sega Game Center to Reopen in Tenjin
After ten years since the closing of its former game arcade Tenjin Gigo, Sega Holdings Co., Ltd. will return to Tenjin with a three-story amusement center on November 11. The new a...
Oct 31, 2019 Local News
Yahuoku! Dome to be renamed Paypay Dome
Yahuoku! Dome will be renamed Paypay Dome before the beginning of the next baseball season. The managing company, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, is one of the subsidiaries of SoftBank Gro...
