New Bridge for Uminonakamichi
Construction of a new arch-type bridge in Uminonakamichi started on April 13. The bridge, "Uminonakamichi Oohashi", is located in Island city- the artificial island in Higashi-ku.
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New Bridge for Uminonakamichi
Construction of a new arch-type bridge in Uminonakamichi started on April 13. The bridge, "Uminonakamichi Oohashi", is located in Island city- the artificial island in Higashi-ku.
Kumamoto City Becomes Government Ordinance City
Kumamoto City officially became a “government-ordinance city” on April 1, giving it some of the governmental authority of a Japanese prefecture. It is the 10th such city nationwide...
Multimedia Broadcast Trials to Start for Cell Phones and other Terminals
A Fukuoka organization for conducting trials of multimedia broadcasts, whose members include FM stations in Kyushu and Okinawa, announced it will begin trials in April in Fukuoka P...
Kijima Koen Park to be Sold
The Morgan Stanley group, owners of the Kijima Koen Park leisure facility in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, announced their intention to sell the park and its hotel and golf course to a n...
Bag Snatching in Fukuoka
AKB48 Specialty Shop Opens in Fukuoka City
The AKB48 Café & Shop Hakata, selling merchandise from the AKB48 and HKT48 singing groups, opened on the 20th in Fukuoka City. It is the third shop nationwide bearing the AKB48 bra...
Fukuoka City Subway to Have WiFi in Nine More Stations
KDDI announced it will install WiFi in nine of the 35 stations in the Fukuoka City subway system by the end of the month. NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank Mobile already have installed it ...
JQA Using Solar Power System at Kurume Test Site