Fukuoka Gets First Flyboard
Fukuoka now has Flyboard, a marine sport that uses water jetpack to propel riders into the air. Fukuoka native Yusuke Shogamoto was working as a marine sports instructor in Okinawa...
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Birth Rates Up, But Population Down in Kyushu Region
Despite having some of the highest birth rates in the nation, the nine prefectures of the Kyushu-Okinawa-Yamaguchi region are losing population as young people move away according ...
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Ezra Vogel Wins Fukuoka Grand Prize
Winners of the 2014 Fukuoka Prize were announced on 6/11, and Dr. Ezra Vogel, a sociologist, author and Harvard professor, was awarded the Grand Prize. Vogel, 83, is the author of ...
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Kyuden Girds for Competition in Retail Power Sales
In response to the government’s decision to fully liberalize the retail electricity market in FY2016, Kyushu Electric Power Co.has begun discussing the possibility of turning some ...
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Kitakyushu, Prefecture to Help China Tackle PM2.5
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment has compiled the details of a China-Japan urban cooperation project to tackle PM 2.5 air pollution in China. Nine Japanese municipalities, ...
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Gender Section to be Removed from Some City Certificates
Fukuoka City has decided to remove the gender section from name stamp certificates. Name stamp certificates are required to purchase real estate and automobiles, but people with ge...
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Fukuoka Global Venture Awards Calls for Entries
The “Fukuoka Global Venture Awards” will take place for the first time this year, in Fukuoka City. The event is an English business plan contest for Japanese companies expanding in...
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Kitakyushu Chamber to Offer Regular Factory Tours
The Kitakyushu Chamber of Commerce will begin offering industrial sightseeing tours this October. Working in cooperation with a Kitakyushu-based travel agent, the Chamber will deve...
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City to Provide Extra Taxi Tickets to the Disabled
Fukuoka City, which subsidizes initial taxi fares for the severely physically disabled, will start providing additional ¥20 coupons in June to cover the increase in taxi fares. Und...
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Niwaka Senpei Launch New “Black” Box
On 6/16 (Mon.), Fukuoka City-based confectionery maker Toundo will launch a special new “black” range of “Niwaka Senpei”. You may have seen the popular cracker brand, which contain...
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