Fukuoka Doctors Urge Carrying Physical ID With Smartphone Insurance
Smartphone-based health insurance cards linked to My Number IDs will become usable at some medical institutions nationwide from...
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Nishitetsu To Raise Train Fares In April
Nishitetsu will increase fares across all rail lines, including the Tenjin-Omuta, Dazaifu, Amagi, and Kaizuka lines, starting April 2026...
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JP Dragon Fraud Suspects Moved to Fukuoka
Six Japanese men, aged 27 to 45, believed to be members of the fraud group “JP Dragon,” were arrested on September 10 after being deported from the Philippines...
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Itoshima Fishing Coop Took Unauthorized Fees
Itoshima City disclosed that a local fishing cooperative illegally collected mooring fees for 26 pleasure boats at two city-managed fishing ports. The cooperative charged up to...
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Kitakyushu To Use Tax Donations For Tanga Market Project
Kitakyushu City will fund part of the redevelopment of Tanga Market through Japan’s “corporate hometown tax” system. The project includes...
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Father And Daughter Foil Luxury Bag Theft In Kitakyushu
In late August, a 56-year-old Kitakyushu city employee chased down and caught a man who had stolen two luxury handbags from...
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Record Rainfall Hits Nagasaki And Kumamoto
Linear rainbands have formed over Nagasaki and Kumamoto, triggering an emergency warning for heavy rainfall...
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No Charges for Seinan Gakuin Professor
This is an update to a previously shared story. A 60-year-old associate professor at Seinan Gakuin University, who was arrested in...
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Kyushu Sees Record Minimum Wage Hikes
All eight prefectures in Kyushu and Okinawa have announced record-high minimum wage increases for FY2025 amid rising living costs and...
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Fukuoka Plans ¥9.3B Relief Budget for Rain Damage
The Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly opened its regular September session on September 8. Governor Seitaro Hattori announced...
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