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Sep 5, 2012 Local News
¥1,000 Nagasaki-Shanghai Cruise Fare
HTB Cruise Company has announced a special fare of just ¥1,000 for one way journeys between Nagasaki and Shanghai in September and October. The first voyage is on 9/30 and departs ...
Sep 4, 2012 Local News
New Yamakasa Kazariyama Display
Although the festivities of this year’s Yamakasa have passed, you can still view the pride of the parade– the Hakata Yamakasa Kazari (a famous Yamakasa float)– at Hakata Riverain 6...
Sep 4, 2012 Local News
Woman Bitten by Deadly Redback Spider
An 86 year old woman in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, is recovering from an Australian Redback spider bite. The woman was bitten Sep 3, when putting on her shoes. The antivenom administered...
Sep 3, 2012 Local News
Update: Costco in Kitakyushu to Open in March
Fukuoka Now previously reported on Costco application to open a new store in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu. The application has been approved and construction will begin this month. T...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Olympic Athletes to Receive Prefecture Sports Awards
Fukuoka Prefecture Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa announced that two prefecture natives who won medals at the recent London Olympics will receive the prefecture sports award. They are Satomi S...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Micro Car Trials to Start 2013
The Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport has announced that they will hold a 3 year trial across Japan of the newly developed “micro car”, starting 2013. The project was c...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Health Care Mall Use Growing
The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that the use of so-called health care malls, in which health care providers and other related companies concentrate their presence in larger buildin...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Website for Korean Travelers to Have Expanded Services
Fukuoka City-based Kyuden Infocom, a subsidiary of Kyushu Electric Power, said it will expand the services offered by the Kyushuro website it operates for South Korean tourists mak...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Saga Bank to Devote More Attention to Retail Customers
The Bank of Saga has revealed its intention to focus more closely on individual customers with relatively smaller accounts. Starting in September, they will set up eight branches i...
Aug 30, 2012 Local News
Memo for Economic Exchange Signed with Thailand and Indonesia
An organization for the international promotion of the Kyushu economy formed by the Kyushu Economic Federation and Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry has signed memorand...