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Fukuoka City to Use Alternative Selection Process for Hiring
Fukuoka City plans to employ people with broader backgrounds by introducing a special selection procedure to its recruiting system beginning with the fiscal year of 2019. The new p...
LDP Assembly Members Cut Support for Ropeway
A proposal to cut the urban ropeway preparation budget from the Fukuoka City's draft budget was passed with majority approval at the city's assembly on Mar. 12. The original plan i...
Fukuoka Marathon Application Date Set
Fukuoka Marathon will begin accepting applications for its 2019 race on Nov. 10. According to the announcement by the Executive Committee on Mar. 7, the route of the full marathon ...
Ogata Residence in Okawa Registered as Cultural Property
The former Ogata Residence in Okawa City has been registered as one of Fukuoka Prefecture's tangible cultural properties on Mar. 7. The house is considered to have been built in th...
LINE and Fukuoka City Collaborate on House Moving Information
As the spring house-moving season approaches, Fukuoka City and LINE Corporation launched a test project to support people moving into and out from the city using an AI chatbot. Use...
Convenience Store Bar Opens in Fukuoka
A Poplar convenience store with a standing bar inside opened in Hakata Ekimae on Mar. 6. The retro-styled bar, Osake No Bijutsukan (Museum of Liqueurs) serves approximately 250 kin...
Fukuoka to Co-host FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2019
Games of FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2019 are coming to Fukuoka in the autumn of 2019! On Mar. 4, the Japan Volleyball Association announced that 24 men’s and women’s teams will comp...
Fukuoka City’s Plans For a Ropeway Left Hanging
A plan by Fukuoka City to build an urban ropeway between Hakata Station and the Port of Hakata might be on hold. The project, which was listed in Mayor Soichiro Takashima’s manifes...
Cat Matching Service Expands Operations
A Fukuoka-based company that aims to help cat-owners find trustworthy pet-sitters expanded its operations earlier this year. Nyans was first established in November 2017 with the a...
China Eastern Airlines To Launch Dalian-Kitakyushu Route
China Eastern Airlines has announced plans to begin regular flights between Kitakyushu Airport and Dalian, China. The new service will begin on May 1, which marks the 40th annivers...