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Oct 29, 2012 Local News
Love FM DJ Live Audition!
Would you like to make your debut as a radio DJ on Love FM? Love FM is looking for English speaking radio personalities. Signup here! Three hopefuls will be selected to take part i...
Oct 29, 2012 Local News
Japanese Contest for Trainees Held in Hakata
Foreign trainees working for small and medium businesses in Kyushu and Yamaguchi took part in a Japanese speaking contest Oct 28 in Hakata, Fukuoka. 362 applicants from Vietnam, In...
Oct 29, 2012 Local News
Onojo City Broke Guinness Record
Onojo City, Fukuoka, has broken the Guinness World Record for number of people sitting on a chair. The city event saw 1,318 locals from 11~80’s years old break the record in only o...
Oct 26, 2012 Local News
Hawks Score No.1 Draft Pick
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks successfully acquired their no. 1 draft selection, pitcher Nao Higashihama. Sadaharu Oh, the Chairman of the local club, picked the winning slip at the draft...
Oct 26, 2012 Local News
Chikugo Sake Festa 2012
The Chikugo Sake Festa 2012 will be held Oct. 27~28 in the Kurume Regional Industry Promotion Center, Azuma-cho, Kurume City. Entry to the event is free but a charge for tasting is...
Oct 26, 2012 Local News
Nishi-Nippon City Bank Publishes Merger History Pamphlet
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank published a pamphlet detailing the circumstances of its establishment through the merger of the Nishi-Nippon Bank and the Fukuoka City Bank in October 20...
Oct 26, 2012 Local News
Kagoshima Prefecture Delegates Receive 50 Million Yen in Allowances without Receipts
The Kagoshima Prefecture Assembly has a rule that allows each delegate to receive a fixed amount of supplementary funds in the category of daily allowances, telephone tolls, and lo...
Oct 26, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Float 20 Billion Bond Tranche
Kyushu Electric Power will issue 20 billion yen in corporate bonds for institutional investors before the end of the month, it was learned. The term for the bonds will be three ye...
Oct 26, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Install Large Battery on Ikki Island for Renewable Energy Trial
Kyushu Electric Power said that it will begin a trial for increasing the use of renewable energy on Ikki Island in Nagasaki Prefecture. The utility will receive a subsidy from the...
Oct 26, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Trekking Courses Promoted in Seoul
The Kyushu Tourism Promotion Council, consisting of public- and private-sector officials from the seven Kyushu prefectures, held a seminar in a Seoul hotel on the 18th to promote ...