Picklegate? Mayor of Kasuya May Have Overstepped Bounds
The mayor of Fukuoka’s neighbor, Kasuya Town, is in a pickle over homemade pickles! The mayor, 67-year-old Kiyonori In, allegedly took some homemade pickles to the home of a town a...
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Hiroshi Ogawa reelected as Governor of Fukuoka
On April, 12 Fukuoka Prefecture Hiroshi Ogawa (age 65) was reelected as Governor of Fukuoka for a second term. His sole opponent was Tomikazu Goto (age 45) who only managed to garn...
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Next Gubernatorial Race Pits Ogawa Against Newcomer Lawyer
NEXT GUBERNATORIAL RACE PITS OGAWA AGAINST NEWCOMER LAWYER ::: The next gubernatorial race in Fukuoka Prefecture is slated for Apr. 12. Nishinippon Shimbun interviewed the two cand...
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New Med School Museum At Kyudai Breaches Taboo WWII Experiments
On Apr. 1, the Kyushu University Medical History Museum held a private preview for the press. Although most of those in attendance were interested in the display pertaining to the ...
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Fukuoka City Presses Government To Allow Foreign MDs To Run Clinical Trials
In a press conference on Mar. 24, Fukuoka mayor Soichiro Takashima revealed plans to ask the national government to relax restrictions on clinical testing by foreign doctors who do...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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