Island City to Get New High-Rise Condos
Fukuoka City announced that four companies—Osaka-based Sekisui House and Fukuoka-based Nishi-nippon Railroad, Fukuoka Jisho and Saibu Gas Kosho—will team up to build four high-rise...
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City Hall to Test Work-at-Home Scheme
Fukuoka City announced that it will begin a trial run of a work-at-home scheme for city employees who need to care for children or elderly relatives. The City aims to encourage sim...
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Kyushu Gets First Tanita Shokudo
On Aug. 6 Tokyo-based health monitoring scale manufacturer Tanita opened one of its health food restaurants in Yakuin. Dubbed a Tanita Shokudo, it is the company’s first restaurant...
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Can LCCs Survive with Osprey in Saga
The Japanese subsidiary of Chinese low-cost carrier (LCC) Spring Airlines began its Narita-Saga route on Aug. 1. The new route is part of the prefectural government’s efforts to ma...
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355th Chikugo-gawa Fireworks Festival Rescheduled
If you missed out on this year’s Ohori Fireworks Festival, here’s your chance to see another an even bigger fireworks display in Kyushu. The 355th Chikugo-gawa Fireworks Festival d...
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Film: Karaage ☆ USA, Set in Oita Prefecture
A new feature film set in Kyushu will be released this September. “Karaage ☆ USA” (2014/Japan/95 minutes) was filmed in Usa City, Oita - a city known throughout Japan for its mouth...
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Genkai Town Re-elects Pro-Nuke Mayor
On Aug. 3, Genkai Town in Saga Prefecture re-elected incumbent mayor Hideo Kishimoto to a third term. In the first election since the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Kishimoto...
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Adios, Miyazaki Ocean Dome
Phoenix Resorts, the operator of the Seagaia resort in Miyazaki, has announced plans to dismantle the shuttered indoor swimming facility known as Ocean Dome. The company has determ...
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Sendai City Tanabata Kazari on Display
This week the entire length of Hakata Kawabata Shotengai was decorated with large, colorful paper decorations hung from the ceiling of the shopping arcade. The decorations are the ...
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Fukuoka and Itoshima to Join Forces on Music Month Event
The cities of Fukuoka and Itoshima will consolidate five of their annual music events into one mega-event, Fukuoka Music Month 2014, starting this September. The events in question...
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