Police Nab Panty Thief
On Nov. 27 police arrested Kosuke Iwayama, a 29-year unemployed man from Kasuga City, on charges of theft and unlawful entering for allegedly breaking into three apartments of fema...
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Fukuoka City To Increase School Lunch Prices
The Fukuoka City Board of Education has agreed on a plan to raise the price of school lunches at public elementary and junior high schools next fiscal year. Set to be the first pri...
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Itoshima Dubs Exchange Students Tourism Ambassadors
Itoshima City has appointed 19 foreign exchange students studying at Kyushu University as Itoshima International Tourism Ambassadors. Timed to coincide with the opening of a new st...
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Kumamoto Man is World’s No.1 Santa
Kohei Yamashita, a seafood processing worker from Amakusa, Kumamoto, was named the Santa of the Year 2014 at the annual Santa Winter Games held in Gällivare, Sweden on Nov. 22. Thi...
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Dangerous Redback Spiders Found inside Kyushu University
On Nov.11, Fukuoka City and Kyushu University found 106 redback spiders and 197 eggs on the grounds of Ito Campus in Nishi-ku. They were promptly exterminated. According to Kyushu...
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Kirameki-Dori To Go Car-Free
On Nov. 6 Fukuoka City announced it will turn Kirameki-dori Ave. into a pedestrian zone Nov. 22~24 for a National Strategic Zone kick-off event. The event, which will feature bands...
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Kyushu-Made Satellite Successfully Launched
On Nov. 6, the QSAT-EOS satellite, an Earth-observing microsatellite developed by a Kyushu University-led consortium, was launched into space on a Russian rocket and successfully e...
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Fukuoka Is Full Of Single Women
Despite Fukuoka’s ability to attract young people from around Kyushu, statistics show that 34.5% remain unmarried (as of 2010). This figure is higher than the national average of 2...
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Foreign Residents And Visitors – Business Chance For Fukuoka?
This Saturday TVQ airs a special 30-minute report on the growing business potential for shops and companies willing to cater to foreign residents and visitors from overseas. Fukuok...
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Butterfly from Kyoto Spotted in Dazaifu
A chestnut tiger butterfly photographed in Dazaifu has been confirmed as one that was released over 500km away in Kyoto on Sep. 18. On Oct. 11, an amateur photographer from Fukuoka...
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