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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...
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...
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...
Jan 28, 2015 Local News
Kitakyushu Mayor Wins Third Term
Kenji Kitahashi, the incumbent mayor of Kitakyushu City, soundly defeated two other independent candidates in the Jan. 25 Kitakyushu mayoral election and clinched a third term. The...
Jan 7, 2015 Local News
Complaints of Low-Flying US Planes
According to Ministry of Defense documents obtained by Nishinippon Shimbun, residents of Kyushu have reported about 500 cases of low-flying U.S. military aircraft between 2009 and ...
Dec 22, 2014 Local News
New Sasaguri Law Urges Flag Flying
The 12-member Sasaguri Town Council unanimously passed a resolution requesting that every household display the Japanese flag on national holidays. The purpose of the legislation i...
Dec 16, 2014 Local News
Voter Turnout In Kyushu/Okinawa Hits Record Low
Total average voter turnout for the eight prefectures of Kyushu and Okinawa in Sunday’s lower house election clocked in at 50.92%, a 7.19% drop from the last lower house election i...
Nov 17, 2014 Local News
Soichiro Takashima Re-elected as Fukuoka City Mayor
Forty-year old Soichiro Takashima won a landslide victory for a second term as mayor of Fukuoka City in an election held on Sunday, Nov. 16. Of the 1,170,00 eligible voters only 38...
Nov 5, 2014 Local News
Six-Way Mayoral Race Begins In Fukuoka
Six candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the Fukuoka City mayoral race. The candidates were announced on 11/2 and will campaign until election day on 11/16. By order...
Nov 5, 2014 Local News
Mayoral Candidate Slogans
With the start of the mayoral race in fukuoka, the six candidates have released their campaign slogans.
