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May 25, 2022 Local News
Model Project for Plastic Waste Collection Started in Fukuoka City
To promote plastic waste recycling, Fukuoka City started a model project on May 23 to collect wash basins and buckets separately. Twenty items, including wash basins, buckets, hang...
May 23, 2022 Local News
Construction Begins on International Terminal Expansion
Fukuoka International Airport began construction on an expansion and renovation of the international passenger terminal building on May 20. In anticipation of a recovery in demand ...
May 23, 2022 Local News
Tsutaya to Open Bookstore on Kyushu University Ito Campus
Culture Convenience Club Co., the operator of the TSUTAYA bookstore chain, announced that it will open "Kyushu University Ito Tsutaya Bookstore" in the spring of 2023. The Kyushu U...
May 20, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka-Seoul Regular Flights Resume
Scheduled Korean Air flights from Fukuoka to Seoul resumed on May 19 for the first time in about a year and four months. Korean Air used to operate six daily round-trip flights bet...
May 20, 2022 Local News
Ichiran Investigated for Convenience Store Noodle Price Fixing
Ichiran, headquartered in Fukuoka City, is a major tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen chain with 85 outlets in Japan and overseas. The Japan Fair Trade Commission investigated the company ...
May 19, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Medical Association Comments on Continuation of Masking
At a press conference on May 18, Dr. Yuji Seto, executive director of the Fukuoka Medical Association, said, “It is not necessary to wear a mask if you can get a sufficient distanc...
May 19, 2022 Local News
Vietnamese LCC To Launch Fukuoka – Hanoi Route
Vietjet Air, Vietnam's low-cost carrier, has announced that it will launch direct flights between Fukuoka and Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, this July. The Fukuoka - Hanoi route, w...
May 19, 2022 Local News
Flying Plum Tree of Dazaifu Bears Five-Year Record Bounty of Fruit
On the 18th, a ritual of harvesting the fruit of the sacred Tobiume (flying plum tree) at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine was held. As the tree branches were shaken by a 3.5-meter-long gre...
May 18, 2022 Local News
If Green… A Pop-up Store Specializing in Houseplants
If green… is a houseplant specialty store that offers a wide variety of houseplants for indoor cultivation, carefully selected by plant section buyers at GooDay Home Center and...
May 18, 2022 Local News
Train Driver Caught Playing Smartphone Game While Driving
A driver in his 20s was found to have been playing games on his smartphone several times while driving a local train on the JR Chikuho Main Line yesterday. According to JR Kyushu.....