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Mar 29, 2012 Local News
City Bulletin Apr. 2012
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka City's Shisei Dayori. This month: Open Top Sightseeing Buses Debut, 100,000 Tulips Tie Tenjin & Hakata Together, Hakatan Walk Stamp...
Mar 29, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka City Disaster Preparedness
Many foreigners have never experienced an earthquake. Fortunately, they are very infrequent in Fukuoka, however it is important to be prepared.
Mar 23, 2012 Local News
AKB48 Specialty Shop Opens in Fukuoka City
The AKB48 Café & Shop Hakata, selling merchandise from the AKB48 and HKT48 singing groups, opened on the 20th in Fukuoka City. It is the third shop nationwide bearing the AKB48 bra...
Mar 23, 2012 Local News
Sharp Increase in Companies Moving from Tokyo to Kyushu
The Fukuoka office of Teikoku Databank released the results of its survey of companies that moved their headquarters either to or away from the Kyushu/Okinawa region in 2011. While...
Mar 23, 2012 Local News
Trials to Use Hot Springs for Power to Begin
Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture and Oguni-machi in Kumamoto Prefecture plan to begin trials of power generating systems using local hot springs. The two municipalities were chosen for...
Mar 23, 2012 Local News
Three Ministries Certify Saga Historical Program
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, in addition to the education and agriculture ministries, have certified a Saga City program for restoring historical buildings ...
Mar 23, 2012 Local News
Nangoku Corporation to Build Megasolar Plant
Kagoshima Prefecture trading company Nangoku Corporation, whose mainstay business is gasoline sales, announced plans to build a megasolar power plant in the prefecture as early as ...
Mar 23, 2012 Local News
JR Kyushu Appoints First Female Division Head
JR Kyushu named Yumi Akagi (43) to be the head of its operations and planning division. Akagi thus becomes the first female division head in the company’s history. She was hired by...
Mar 23, 2012 Local News
More Local Governments Accepting Tohoku Debris for Disposal
A growing number of legislative bodies in Kyushu local governments are passing legislation to accept the debris from the Tohoku disaster for disposal. The trend started with the pa...