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Fukuoka City to Protect Citizens From Wild Boars
Fukuoka City announced the creation of a new section-chief position from April 1, 2019 to reduce the number of wild boar attacks on residents. The department head will be charged w...
Fukuoka City Budget 2019 Draft Details Released
Fukuoka City announced its draft budget for FY 2019 on Feb. 13. The total of ¥866 billion represents an increased compared to previous years, with a significant part allotted to ch...
Fukuoka City Subway Schedule Changes Announced
Fukuoka City Subway’s train schedule will be amended from Mar. 16. According to the announcement by Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau, this will be the first major change of the t...
Medical Clinic Opens inside Kyushu University Ito Campus
The Ito Clinic in Kyushu University's Ito Campus is now open to the university students and other residents of the area. The university opened the clinic on Feb. 1 to make up the i...
Visitors Entering Japan from Fukuoka Airport During the Year-end and New Year’s Holiday Hit All-time High
According to the Fukuoka Immigration Bureau, the number of visitors who entered Japan via Fukuoka Airport during the year-end and New Year's holiday period (Dec. 26 ~ Jan. 6) reach...
Saibu Gas Enters Thailand’s Real Estate Market
Saibu Gas Co., Ltd. has entered the real estate market in Thailand. According to the company's announcement on Feb. 4, they will mainly target upper-class customers and will start ...
Pollen Forecasts Posted on Fukuoka City Website
Fukuoka City began providing pollen forecasts on its website on Feb. 6. The city responded to citizens' requests and added a pollen section to the web page where PM 2.5 and yellow ...
Kyushu University to Require CEFR Score of A2
Scores of CEFR will be a new requirement for applicants on entrance exams for Kyushu University from 2021. The university announced in late December that all applicants for the uni...
Port of Hakata Reports Record Number of Shipping Containers
The Port of Hakata announced on January 31 that their facility handled more than one million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for the first time in 2018. Metal products were among t...
Sports Tourism Set to Grow in Kyushu
The Kyushu Economic Research Center (KERC) issued a white paper on January 31, outlining how sports tourism could help draw in new visitors to the region. KREC believes that there ...