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Apr 17, 2015

Canal City Sales Up Thanks To Uptick In Foreign Tourists

Fukuoka Jisho, the operator of the Canal City Hakata shopping complex, announced that sales rose 7.7% year-on-year to ¥4.5 billion in fiscal 2014, marking four straight years of sa...

Apr 16, 2015

Thai Drama Filmed in Kyushu

“Kimono Hiden” (Original title “Kol Kimono”), a new Thai drama series, will air today, Apr. 16 in Thailand. The story is based on the Japanese folklore “Tsuru no Ongaeshi” and Fuku...

Apr 15, 2015

Fukuoka Marathon to Highlight Runner’s Names

The executive committee of Fukuoka Marathon 2015 announced runners will wear new number tags with their names in very large typeface. The purpose of this change is to make it easy ...

Apr 15, 2015

Toyota’s Promotional Video Filmed in Kitakyushu

Toyota's promotional video “G's Baseball Party” is getting attention both within and outside of Japan. The video was filmed in downtown in Kitakyushu City. It has already been watc...

Apr 15, 2015

400 Cruise Ship Passengers Protest

On April 6 approximately 400 Chinese passengers refused to disembark from a cruise ship in Shanghai. The ship with 650 guest rooms was to dock in Fukuoka and Nagasaki during a 6 da...

Apr 14, 2015

Fukuoka Startup Cafe Celebrates Six Months Of Success

Apr. 11 will mark six months since the opening of Fukuoka’s Startup Cafe as part of the Strategic Special Zone for Startups and Job Creation. In that time the Cafe has handled 533 ...

Apr 13, 2015

Hiroshi Ogawa reelected as Governor of Fukuoka

On April, 12 Fukuoka Prefecture Hiroshi Ogawa (age 65) was reelected as Governor of Fukuoka for a second term. His sole opponent was Tomikazu Goto (age 45) who only managed to garn...

Apr 13, 2015

Fukuoka Airport Breaks Passenger Number Record

The number of passengers using Fukuoka Airport in fiscal 2014 broke the previous year’s record and topped 20 million for the first time ever. According to Fukuoka Airport Building ...