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Radioactive Iodine Leakage Reported At Genkai Nuclear Plant
Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) announced a leakage of radioactive iodine at its Genkai nuclear plant No. 3 reactor. The company first detected a higher iodine level in the plant’s ...
Long Running Tenjin Heiwaro Chinese To Close
Tenjin-based Chinese restaurant, Heiwaro, will close permanently on March 27. The 1947-established restaurant closed its main shop in Shintencho Arcade and all of its other five re...
LINE Fukuoka To Hire Graduates For Spring 2023
LINE Fukuoka is looking to hire graduates for spring 2023. The thirteen-year-old company now employs 1,300 workers representing 25 nationalities. Most of the employees worked for o...
Record High Exports For Kyushu Strawberries
Kyushu-produced strawberries are selling well overseas. Last month, the Moji Customs office reported the record-largest fruit export for 2021. Approximately 340 tons (+20.6% from t...
Saga University Study Links Stink Bugs Bits To Low Crop Yield
A Saga-University study about transgenerational changes in bean-bug-infested soy plants was published in an American Science magazine. The Plos One magazine introduced the discover...
Ponytails Considered Too Stimulating In Kagoshima Junior High Schools
Have you wondered why some school prohibits girls’ ponytails? A junior high school student in Kagoshima became skeptical when her teacher explained that boys become aroused by unaj...
Automated Bus Trial To Be Run at Fukuoka Airport
Nishitetsu will run a trial for self-driving buses at Fukuoka Airport. For one month from Mar. 8, a bus built by Isuzu and carrying 79 passengers will run along a 1.4-kilometer rou...
500 Chicken Hot Pot Gift Sets Mistakenly Sold for One Yen
Yoshitomi Town offered one of its furusato taxation gifts for only ¥1 by mistake. On Mar. 7, the smallest town in Fukuoka Prefecture listed a mizutaki chicken hot-pot set online as...
One of Japan’s Largest Sauna’s To Open in Saga City
One of Japan’s largest sauna facilities will open in Saga City in late April. Saga no Yudokoro Komorebi offers bathing in 100% natural hot spring water inside a 2,100-square-meter ...
Itoshima City Using Easy-To-Understand Japanese Language Manual For City Office Staff
Itoshima City developed a guidebook for its staff to promote foreigner friendliness. The guide introduces ways to replace formal office use terms with easy-to-understand phrases al...