Fukuoka Buys Iodine for Nuclear Disaster Preparedness
In a first for Fukuoka Pref., Fukuoka City has purchased iodine tablets as part of its Genkai Nuclear Power Plant disaster preparedness. The tablets will be given to 273,000 city r...
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¥200 Toll for Kitakyushu Urban Expressway
27 sections of the Kitakyushu City Urban Expressway will trial a short-trip discount toll from Sep~Mar. The ¥200 toll will be available for ETC holders only, and for trips of up to...
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Itoshima Designates Escape Routes from Nuclear Disaster
Fukuoka Prefecture has decided on five roads to be used by 15,000 Itoshima City residents to escape the city should a nuclear disaster occur at the Genkai Power Plant. Itoshima is ...
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Kitakyushu to Spend 850 Million on Rubble Disposal
The city of Kitakyushu announced it will spend 850.82 million yen to dispose of rubble from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which resulted from last year’s earthquake and tsunami. ...
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Saibu Gas to Start Solar Power Generation
Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas announced it will bring on line three solar power plants in Nagasaki City, Fukuoka City, and Omuta, from October to December. They are the first city g...
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FACo to Have Display in Dalian
The Fukuoka Asia Collection (FACo), which conducts fashion shows featuring the products of Fukuoka clothing manufacturers, will open a showroom in the Dalian Fashion Building in th...
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Office Demand Starts to Bounce Back in Fukuoka City
The National Tax Agency released its survey of property values for the downtown area of Fukuoka City, which found that property prices near the JR Hakata Station continue to rise, ...
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Kyushu Construction Companies Setting up Shop in Tohoku
Several Kyushu-based construction companies have established a presence in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The move is to offset the decline in public works projects in Kyushu with work...
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166m Cargo Ship Ran Aground in Hakata Bay
At about 16:30 on July 5, the Panama registered, ‘Transfuture 10’ ran aground in Hakata Bay. The 166m cargo ship was checked and no damage or oil leaks were found and at the high t...
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Part of Main Highway to be Renamed for PR
From Tachibanaji, Hakata-ku to Juroku-cho, Nishi-ku, 16.2kms of Route 202 will be renamed ‘Heiseisotokan Dori’. The naming is a PR exercise for the city and the nation”s Ministry o...
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