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Nov 1, 2016 Local News
Prefecture Gets New Honda FCV as Official Vehicle
Fukuoka Prefecture has been given Honda’s latest fuel-cell vehicle (FCV), the Clarity Fuel Cell, for...
Oct 14, 2016 Local News
GenkiJACS Voted 2016 Star World Language School: One Year Study in Japan Competition to Celebrate.
To celebrate being named Star World Language School at the 2016 Star Awards in September, Genki Japanese and Culture School (GenkiJACS) is giving away a year of free study in Japan...
Oct 12, 2016 Local News
GABA Opens School In Tenjin
The English teaching company Gaba has recently opened a new English School in Tenjin called the “Fukuoka Tenjin Learning Studio”. It is their first branch in Kyushu and 43rd in Jap...
Oct 4, 2016 Local News
Typhoon No. 18 – Chaba – Update & Closures
Typhoon No. 18 (Chaba) has passed over Okinawa and is predicted to continue heading towards Kyushu this evening. The typhoon is expected to make landfall in Kyushu tomorrow morning...
Oct 4, 2016 Local News
Fukuoka Born Yoshinori Ohsumi Wins Nobel Prize for Medicine
The 71 year old Japanese Cell Biologist, Yoshinori Ohsumi, was yesterday awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for his work on autophagy (cell death)...
Oct 3, 2016 Local News
Fukuoka Airport Domestic Terminal 1 To Close
10月4日の最終便をもって閉館する福岡空港国内線第1ターミナルビ ル。1969年(昭和44年)の供用開始当初に、展望デッキとして一般客に無料開放されていた1ビル屋上が、特別に開放される（現在は一般開放していないスペース）...
Sep 30, 2016 Local News
Ichiran Announces Opening of Brooklyn Shop
After nearly 10 years of preparation, Fukuoka-based ramen chain Ichiran has announced it will open a new shop in Brooklyn, New York on Oct. 19. The shop will be its second overseas...
Sep 26, 2016 Local News
Kyushu Land Price Report: Up in Fukuoka, Down in Kumamoto
According to a quarterly land price report issued by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) on July 1, the national average for commercial land remained...
Sep 26, 2016 Local News
City to Turn Hakozaki Campus into Smart City
On Sept. 16, Fukuoka City and Kyushu University announced plans to turn the site of the Hakozaki Campus in Higashi Ward into an cutting edge IT-driven Smart City. Dubbed Fukuoka Sm...
Sep 26, 2016 Local News
Ippudo & Black Mont Blanc Collaboration
Chikaranomoto Company, the Fukuoka-based firm that operates the famous ramen chain Hakata Ippudo has announced a unique collaborative promotion. Diners at Ippudo ramen shops can pu...
