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Apr 26, 2022 Local News
Quantum Dots Technology To Build Plant in Itoshima
Fukuoka Prefecture has signed an agreement with a company to build a factory for next-generation quantum dots technology in Itoshima City. Shoei Chemical Industry (Tokyo) will inve...
Apr 26, 2022 Local News
First Banana Harvest in Omuta City
A company in Omuta City began growing bananas in May of last year and finished its first harvest this week. The company has outsourced some of its operations to a group company tha...
Apr 26, 2022 Local News
Golden Week Traffic Predicted To Be High
The Golden Week holiday weekend will soon be upon us. Although there will be no restrictions on inter-prefectural travel this year, people are still being urged to take basic measu...
Apr 22, 2022 Local News
Daimyo Elementary School Site Named Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City
The name of the building complex, “Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City”, that will house the luxury hotel "The Ritz-Carlton" was announced yesterday. The site that was once the grounds of ...
Apr 22, 2022 Local News
Monocle Magazine Publishes Update on Fukuoka City
The May issue of the London-based Monocle magazine has a 4-page spread on Fukuoka City. Titled “Fukuoka - Business and Life in Balance,” they update readers on the Tenjin Big Bang ...
Apr 21, 2022 Local News
Kyushu’s Highest Tech Supermarket Opened in Miyawaka City
Fukuoka-based retailer Trial opened a high-tech supermarket In Miyakawa that allows customers to shop using facial recognition 24 hours a day. Users link their facial data with inf...
Apr 21, 2022 Local News
Hakata Gion Yamakasa To Resume
Organizers of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa announced yesterday that the city's biggest traditional summer festival would be held for the first time in three years. This year, both mobi...
Apr 20, 2022 Local News
Volunteer Veterinarians Opened Facility to Neuter Stray Cats
In an effort to reduce the number of stray cats being killed, a sterilization center was opened in Miyama City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on April 14 by volunteer veterinarians. The new ...
Apr 20, 2022 Local News
First in Japan: Fukuoka City’s Well-Being Registration System
Fukuoka City has launched a registration system for businesses committed to achieving the well-being of their workers and the SDGs. Well-being is a term that describes the enrichme...
Apr 20, 2022 Local News
City of Peace Museum Opens in Kitakyushu City
A new museum to pass on the story of war and peace opened in Kitakyushu City on March 19. Mayor Kitahashi and war veterans attended the opening ceremony to celebrate the opening...