Prefectural Office Top Floor Re-Opens With Cafe, Stage
The 11th floor of the Fukuoka Prefectural Office has been revamped. Previously a display space for local specialty goods and crafts, the top floor now boasts a small stage where pe...
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Prefecture Opens Relocation Portal Site, Aims To Attract Transplants
Fukuoka Prefecture opened a Relocation Housing Portal to serve as a one-stop site for employment, housing and other useful information for people thinking about moving to Fukuoka. ...
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Kokura Ward Helps Nurses From Indonesia Re-Test In Japan
The Physicians’ Association of Kokura Ward, Kitakyushu City is promoting a program to allow Indonesian nurses who came to Japan under a bilateral agreement but failed to pass the n...
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Monkey On The Loose In Downtown Fukuoka
On May 13, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police received about 20 reports of a large monkey roaming around Tenjin (Chuo Ward) and parts of Hakata Ward. Based on the locations given, the ...
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2014 Report On “The Competitiveness Of Fukuoka”
In March 2015, The Fukuoka Asia Urban Research Center published its fully bilingual Japanese/English report on the global competitiveness of Fukuoka. The report compares Fukuoka to...
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Amazon To Open Call Center In Fukuoka
Amazon Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of online retail goliath Amazon, will open a customer service center in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka this September. The company plans to hire several...
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Ippudo Forms Joint Venture To Aid USA Expansion
On May 7, Fukuoka-based Chikaranomoto Holdings, operator of the ramen chain Hakata Ippudo, announced that it will form a joint venture with California (USA)-based Panda Restaurant ...
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Foreign Visitors Flock To Undersea Tunnel
The Kanmon Tunnel, an undersea roadway that connects Kitakyushu to Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, has become a popular destination for foreign tourists. Completed in 1958, th...
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Funky Shrooms Aglow In Amami, Kagoshima
Mycena lux-coeli, a species of bioluminescent mushroom, is lighting up the forests of Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. The glowing fungi can be seen in the Amami Natural Forest ...
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Kyushu’s Nepalis Band Together To Send Aid Home
Ram Krishna Shrestha, 32, works for a company in Minami Ward. He is from a village 70km north of Kathmandu near the epicenter of the recent quake. He was finally able to make a cal...