Saibu Gas to Build New Pipeline
Fukuoka-based Saibu Gas has announced it will build a high pressure gas pipeline to transport gas from the Hibiki Liquid Natural Gas Terminal currently under construction in Wakama...
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Zoo Sets New Monthly Attendance Record
Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the Fukuoka City Zoo recorded more than 80,000 monthly visitors in September for the first time in 26 years. New houses for its sun bear...
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Fukuoka Prefecture Brand Ranking Improves, Hokkaido Reigns Supreme
Tokyo-based Brand Research Institute released its annual Prefectural and Municipal Brand Rankings last week. The rankings, which are now it their 8th year, are based on a 72-questi...
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JR Kyushu May Develop Part of Old Ropponmatsu Campus
JR Kyushu is considering participating in the redevelopment of the Kyushu University Ropponmatsu Campus site and will build commercial facilities and condominiums if it wins the bi...
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Iwataya, Mitsukoshi to Revamp Food Corners
Iwataya-Mitsukoshi, the Fukuoka-based operator of the Iwataya and Mitsukoshi department stores in Tenjin, will improve the food floors in both stores with renovations. The Mitsukos...
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City to Add Bus Parking at Chuo Wharf
Fukuoka City announced plans to build a parking lot on Chuo Wharf big enough to hold 100 large passenger buses. The lot will be ready sometime next fiscal year, and the City aims t...
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Big Brewers Release More Kyushu-Themed Cans
On Oct. 2, Sapporo will begin offering its Mugi to Hoppu third category beer in a can touting Nagasaki’s nightscape. Commemorating the first anniversary of Nagasaki’s nightscape be...
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Fukuoka Land Prices Up
On Sept. 19, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism released the land prices of selected sites in Japan (as of July 1). The figures show that the average ...
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“This Japanese Life” Author Publishes Book
Finishing his three-year chapter in Fukuoka on the JET Program, American expat Eryk Salvaggio recently announced the release of his first book - a collection of essays titled “This...
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Fukuoka Second Worst in Nursery School Waiting Lists
According to a report by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of children waiting to get into nursery schools throughout Japan has fallen for the third straight ye...
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