Small Aircraft Crash in Ariake Sea
A small aircraft disappeared from radar above the northern Ariake Sea off the coast of Fukuoka Prefecture on the afternoon of April 18. The three occupants were rescued from the se...
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Nishitetsu Plans ¥50 Bus Rides for Elementary School Students During Golden Week
Nishitetsu announced that the ¥50 bus campaign, which was popular last year, will be resumed during Golden Week. This campaign, which allows any elementary school student to ride.....
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Shinkansen Reservations Over Golden Week Up This Year
Reservations for the Kyushu Shinkansen and Sanyo Shinkansen are 1.5 to 2 times higher than last year but still only half compared to the pre-pandemic period. In addition, express r...
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Demand For Rubber Gloves For Robots Increasing
Demand for the world’s first rubber gloves for robots produced by a Kurume-based manufacturer, Towa Corporation, is increasing. ‘ROBO Glove’ was developed three years ago to improv...
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New Restaurant and Entertainment Complex to Open Near Canal City Hakata
A new food-and-entertainment facility will open next to Canal City Hakata. The Fukuoka-based entertainment production company, Zero-Ten, is currently developing the three-story bui...
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Yanagawa City To Provide High School Education and Housing For Ukraine Evacuees
Yanagawa High School announced it would accept about ten students from Ukraine. Taking advantage of its international course for exchange students, the school will provide special ...
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Prefecture and Kyudai Sign Collaborate for Technological Innovation
Aiming to encourage technological innovation in diverse fields such as industry and medicine, Fukuoka Prefecture and Kyushu University signed a comprehensive partnership agreement ...
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Repeat Offender Arrested For Self-serve Coffee Theft
A 72-year-old man from Itoshima was arrested for theft in connection with self-serve coffee at a convenience store. The man is believed to have purchased an S-size cup but poured h...
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Fukuoka Financial Group Mandates Male Paternity Leave
From October 2022, all fathers working for the group’s companies will be required to take paid leave during the first eight weeks after the birth of their children. The group will ...
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Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Doubles Profit in One Year
Yaskawa Electric Corporation’s annual profit for the fiscal period ending in February hit a new record high. Its net income reached ¥38.3 billion, almost twice as much as that prev...
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