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Jul 22, 2010 Local News
34 Fukuoka Prefecture Council Members Bought PCs with Policy Research Funds
An investigation has revealed that 34 delegates to the Fukuoka Prefecture Council used their policy research fund expense account to buy computers for their personal use in 2009. O...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
Former Saga Governor Ordered to Pay Damages in Suit
A former member of the Saga Commerce and Industry Mutual Aid Society brought a suit for damages against the society after it went bankrupt due to fraudulent accounting practices. I...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
Ippudo to Take up Farming
Chikaranomoto Company of Fukuoka City, operators of the Hakata Ippudo ramen chain, have signed an agreement with the city of Taketa, Oita Prefecture, to go into the agriculture bus...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
Number of Overnight Lodgers in Kyushu Rises in First Quarter
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau released statistics showing that the number of overnight lodgers in Kyushu in the January – March quarter totaled roughly 7.70 million people, ...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
Saibu Gas Promotes Use of Natural Gas for Home Power Generation
Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas is focusing its resources on promoting what it calls “double power generation”, which combines fuel cells for home use that use natural gas and solar p...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
Public Trial of Multimedia Broadcast in Fukuoka City
CSK Systems of Tokyo and the Nishinippon Shimbun jointly conducted a trial multimedia broadcast in the lobby of the Fukuoka City offices. In multimedia broadcasting, digital data i...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
34 Fukuoka Prefecture Council Members Bought PCs with Policy Research Funds
An investigation has revealed that 34 delegates to the Fukuoka Prefecture Council used their policy research fund expense account to buy computers for their personal use in 2009. O...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
Former Saga Governor Ordered to Pay Damages in Suit
A former member of the Saga Commerce and Industry Mutual Aid Society brought a suit for damages against the society after it went bankrupt due to fraudulent accounting practices. I...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
Ippudo to Take up Farming
Chikaranomoto Company of Fukuoka City, operators of the Hakata Ippudo ramen chain, have signed an agreement with the city of Taketa, Oita Prefecture, to go into the agriculture bus...
Jul 22, 2010 Local News
Hakata Designer T-Shirts on Sale for Limited Time
A group of 30 designers, writers, flower arrangers, chefs, and photographers have created t-shirts with designs publicizing Fukuoka City. The shirts went on sale at the Hakata Japa...