Mickey, Minnie and the Tokyo Disney Gang Visit Kyushu!
Tokyo Disneyland’s specially designed 30th anniversary parade car - the Dream Cruiser ll - comes to Kyushu with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and various other popular characters alon...
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Itoshima to Use Smart Cards for Safety of Evacuees
Itoshima City and Kyushu University’s System LSI Lab plan to develop a smart card system that will let officials accurately confirm the safety of citizens at evacuation shelters in...
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Fukuoka Youth Unaware of Bombing
According to a survey by the Nishinippon Shimbun Metro Desk, 48 out of 50 local youth said they did not know that Fukuoka was bombed in World War II. The Bombing of Fukuoka took p...
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Huis Ten Bosch to Wean Off Aid
Hideo Sawada, president of Huis Ten Bosch (HTB), the large-scale theme park in Sasebo, Nagasaki, announced that it will stop accepting subsidies for restructuring from Sasebo City ...
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Anpanman Kids’ Museum Coming to Riverain
The Anpanman Children’s Museum, a theme park based on the popular cartoon character, is slated to open in Hakata Riverain next April. This will be the fifth such museum in Japan an...
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Kyushu HKT48 Girl & Oita Monkey Both Win Popularity Elections
The fifth annual AKB48 election took place at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on 6/8 (Sat.) The AKB48 election concept, which began in 2009, invites the Japanese public to vote for thei...
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Fukuoka City to be Featured at Japan Expo in Paris
An event showcasing Fukuoka as the “Capital of Kyushu” will be held at the 14th Japan Expo, one of the world’s largest exhibitions of Japanese pop culture, in Paris from July 4~7. ...
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Dads Eat Sweets for Free
The all-you-can-eat cake buffet restaurant “Sweets Paradise” marks its 10th anniversary this month and to celebrate, all Sweets Paradise stores (including PARCO Fukuoka 6F) will ho...
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Kitakyushu Gets New Bic Camera-Kojima Store
Household appliance giant Bic Camera and its subsidiary Kojima will open Japan’s first Bic Camera-Kojima store in Kokura-minami-ku, Kitakyushu on June 8. The store is located about...
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More Days Off for Some Kyushu Dept. Stores
Many of Kyushu’s department stores have started increasing the number of days they take off. After regulations on the number of permissible work days were abolished in 2000, depart...
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