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Kyushu & Okinawa Have Higher Rate of Female-Run Businesses
According to a survey recently released by the Fukuoka Branch of Teikoku Databank, the percentage of companies in Kyushu and Okinawa with female CEOs is 8.5%, or 1.1 points higher ...
Fukuoka Airport Will be Busier Than Expected
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure Transport and Tourism, which is currently conducting an environmental impact assessment ahead of construction on a new runway at Fukuoka Airpor...
Space World Extra One day Free Pass
Space World in Kitakyushu is selling a new discounted ticket “Summer Plus 1 Free Pass” - you can visit twice and save! On sale from Aug. 20~31, the pass costs ¥6,000 for adults and...
Two Frankie Chan Sequels to be Set in Fukuoka
Fukuoka has been selected as the location for the next two sequels of the Jackie Chan-produced action movie, “Impetuous Love in Action”, which hits Chinese theaters this September....
New Kyudai Medical Museum To Break Taboo, Discuss Wartime Vivisections
The Kyushu University School of Medicine has decided to exhibit documents at its Museum of Medical History, which is slated to open next April, from the vivisection experiments con...
Local Company to Train Workers for Japanese Companies in Asia
Miyawaka-based staffing company Technosmile will begin training and referring foreign workers to Japanese manufacturing companies entering China and ASEAN countries. The company ai...
Shochu Sales Up for Second Year Running
According to the Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank, nationwide sales of shochu and awamori by the top 50 companies in terms of sales volume increased 0.5% year-on-year to over ¥28...
Government Considers Ending Dance Ban
The national government and the Liberal Democratic Party have started examining revisions to the Entertainment and Amusement Trades Control Act that would end the ban on dancing af...
More Foreigners Visit Kyushu
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau announced that 634,449 foreigners visited Kyushu between January and May, making for a 15% year-on-year uptick. A dramatic increase in the numb...
City Presents Scholarships to First Batch of Sponsored Students
On Aug. 8, Fukuoka City held a conferral ceremony for the eight recipients of its Startup Scholarship Loan. The ¥100,000/month scholarship is given to local university students to ...