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Kyushu Banks Push for Digital Promissory Note

Kyushu’s regional banks are accelerating efforts to replace paper promissory notes with digital alternatives ahead of Japan’s 2026 deadline...

PR Event in Fukuoka Promotes Fin Whale Consumption

A Tokyo-based whaling company hosted an event at Fukuoka’s Nagahama Fish Market to promote domestic fin whale meat...

Fukuoka Holds Seminar on Nuclear Abolition

Ahead of the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in New York on...

Solaria Plaza Announces Major Renewal for Spring 2025

Solaria Plaza, a shopping complex in Fukuoka operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad, will undergo a partial renovation...

Itoshima to Install Signboard Commemorating Raizan Air Raid

Itoshima City plans to install an informational sign at the site of the 1945 Raizan Air Raid, which marks its 80th anniversary this year...

Sakura Blossom Forecast for Kyushu – 2025

The latest sakura bloom forecast released by the Japan Weather Association (Nihon Kishou) on February 20, 2025...

Shiro-uo Fishing Resumes in Fukuoka

The traditional shiro-uo (ice goby) fishing season has resumed in Fukuoka’s Muromi River for the first time in three years...

Former Pet Shop Owner Gets 30 Years for Sexual Assault

The Fukuoka District Court has sentenced Michio Honda, a 66-year-old former pet shop owner from Itoshima...