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Sep 11, 2015 Local News
Demonstration Against Security Bills in Tenjin, Fukuoka
On Sunday, Sep. 13 at 17:00, there will be a demonstration against plans to pass recently proposed national security legislation. The Fukuoka Youth Movement is gathering people to ...
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Jul 15, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka’s Politicians Don’t Listen
In Fukuoka, the vox populi remains unheard. It has come to light that 80% of the citizen proposals sent to the city assemblies of Kitakyushu and Fukuoka between May 2011 and March ...
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Jul 14, 2015 Local News
Picklegate? Mayor of Kasuya May Have Overstepped Bounds
The mayor of Fukuoka’s neighbor, Kasuya Town, is in a pickle over homemade pickles! The mayor, 67-year-old Kiyonori In, allegedly took some homemade pickles to the home of a town a...
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Apr 13, 2015 Local News
Hiroshi Ogawa reelected as Governor of Fukuoka
On April, 12 Fukuoka Prefecture Hiroshi Ogawa (age 65) was reelected as Governor of Fukuoka for a second term. His sole opponent was Tomikazu Goto (age 45) who only managed to garn...
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Apr 10, 2015 Local News
Next Gubernatorial Race Pits Ogawa Against Newcomer Lawyer
NEXT GUBERNATORIAL RACE PITS OGAWA AGAINST NEWCOMER LAWYER ::: The next gubernatorial race in Fukuoka Prefecture is slated for Apr. 12. Nishinippon Shimbun interviewed the two cand...
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Apr 10, 2015 Local News
New Med School Museum At Kyudai Breaches Taboo WWII Experiments
On Apr. 1, the Kyushu University Medical History Museum held a private preview for the press. Although most of those in attendance were interested in the display pertaining to the ...
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Mar 27, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka City Presses Government To Allow Foreign MDs To Run Clinical Trials
In a press conference on Mar. 24, Fukuoka mayor Soichiro Takashima revealed plans to ask the national government to relax restrictions on clinical testing by foreign doctors who do...
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Mar 26, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Wants To Turn Bridge Into Public Space
Fukuoka City is looking to create a new public space on a temporary bridge. The bridge will be built by the national government when it begins construction next fiscal year to repl...
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Mar 10, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka To Appoint First Female Deputy Mayor In 12 Years
On Mar. 16 Fukuoka mayor Soichiro Takashima announced that City Health and Welfare Bureau director Yasuko Arase (age 62) will assume the position of deputy mayor...
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Mar 1, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka City Announces Tenjin Big Bang Project
On Feb. 24 Fukuoka City announced the Tenjin Big Bang Project, a project aimed at making Fukuoka an Asian Business hub by increasing the number of people working in Tenjin by 2.4 t...