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Aug 28, 2012 Local News
Drunk Drivers Still Stain Fukuoka
The 25th of the month is marked as a memorial day for the tragic drinking and driving accident which claimed the lives of three children in Fukuoka City in 2006. The City has initi...
Aug 28, 2012 Local News
IKEA Shingu Fukuoka – 1,500,000 Visitors
On August 27, IKEA Shingu Fukuoka, the first and only IKEA store in Kyushu, recorded its 1,500,000th visitor. Izumi Yasuko and her family was handed a ¥150,000 coupon by the store ...
Aug 28, 2012 Local News
Drink Beer and Support Fukuoka
Asahi Beer Fukuoka has announced that ¥1 from every bottle and can beer sold in the prefecture will be donated to local charities and NPOs for ecology and cultural projects. This p...
Aug 28, 2012 Local News
Spaceworld Reports 5th Year of Visitor Increases
Spaceworld theme park in Kitakyushu has reported a 5th year of visitor increases. A reduction in the entry fee and improvements to the park are said to have attracted patrons. Sour...
Aug 24, 2012 Local News
Jetstar Increases Flights to Fukuoka
Today, Narita based LCC Jetstar (a subsidiary of JAL) launched a new domestic route from KIX (Kansai International Airport) to Fukuoka. Jetstar aims to make KIX their second hub ai...
Aug 24, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka Animated Feature Film Debuts Aug. 25
Popular Fukuoka-made CG animation film “After School Midnighters” will premiere in Fukuoka at T-Joy Cinema on Aug. 25, and will be played in around 100 T-joy and Warner Mycal Cinem...
Aug 23, 2012 Local News
Trust Park to be Listed on Mothers
Fukuoka City-based Trust Park, a company that operates and manages parking lots, has been approved for listing on Mothers, the section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange established for n...
Aug 23, 2012 Local News
First Increase in Tax Revenue from Kyushu in Five Years
The Fukuoka and Kumamoto branches of the National Tax Agency have issued a report on tax revenue from Kyushu for 2011. Total tax revenue was 2.5181 trillion yen, a 0.5% rise from t...
Aug 23, 2012 Local News
Construction Starts on New Leg of Kyushu Shinkansen
A ceremony marking the start of construction on a new stretch of the Kyushu Shinkansen between Isahaya and Nagasaki City was held on the 18th. This part of the Shinkansen is schedu...
Aug 23, 2012 Local News
Honda to Develop Motorcycles in Kumamoto
Honda Motor Co. will transfer 276 technicians at its motorcycle R&D center in Saitama Prefecture to its only motorcycle plant in the country in Kumamoto Prefecture in October, it w...