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Feb 28, 2023 Local News
Saga City Mayor Accepts V-22 Osprey Deployment Plan
On the 27th, the mayor of Saga City announced at a press conference held at the city hall that he would accept the deployment plan of the Ground Self-Defense Force's transport airc...
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Feb 28, 2023 Local News
Kyushu Electric Power to Double Renewable Energy Sources by 2030
Kyushu Electric Power has announced that it will integrate its renewable energy business with Kyuden Mirai Energy in April of next year. The company plans to transfer two businesse...
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Feb 28, 2023 Local News
Elementary School Teacher in Kurume Removes Chairs from Students, Sparks Outrage
It has been revealed that a female teacher in charge of first-grade students at a Kurume City elementary school has been conducting inappropriate instruction, such as taking away c...
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Feb 28, 2023 Local News
Indian Man Arrested For Smuggling 2kg of Drugs Worth ¥113m
In the first drug seizure of its kind since September 2019, a 71-year-old Indian man has been arrested for smuggling approximately 2 kilograms of illegal drugs worth approximately ...
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Feb 28, 2023 Local News
World Masters Aquatics Championships Returns to Japan After 4 Years
The "World Aquatics Masters Championships Kyushu 2023," a biennial event, has been scheduled to take place from August 2 (Wed) to August 11 (Fri), 2023. The event will be jointly h...
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Feb 27, 2023 Local News
High School Student Arrested for Strangling Man to Death on Fukuoka Beach
A 17-year-old male high school student from Osaka was arrested on suspicion of strangling and killing a 26-year-old man on a beach in Fukuoka City. The victim's body was found with...
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Feb 27, 2023 Local News
High-Speed Ferry Between Tsushima and Busan Resumes After Three-Year Hiatus
The high-speed ferry service between Tsushima City in Nagasaki Prefecture and Busan, South Korea, resumed on the 25th after a three-year suspension. A Korean woman who works for...
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Feb 27, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka Inn’s Infrequent Bath Water Changes Expose Guests to Dangerous Bacteria
Daimaru Bessou, an inn in the Futsukaichi Onsen area of Chikushino City, has received improvement orders from the prefecture for only changing its bath water twice a year, instead ...
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Feb 24, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka City Subway Staff Arrested For Upskirt Photography
A 34-year-old staff member of the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau, has been arrested on suspicion of violating the prefecture's nuisance prevention ordinance for using his smart...
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Feb 24, 2023 Local News
One Year On: Ukrainians in Fukuoka Still Require Support
It has been one year since Russia began its military invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainians are still living in evacuation in various parts of Kyushu and Okinawa, requiring continuous sup...