Nexco To Offer Highway Passes To Foreign Tourists
West Nippon Expressway Company (NEXCO West) will start selling the Kyushu Expressway Pass, an “all-you-can-drive” highway pass for foreign tourists on Oct. 1. Available through Dec...
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Special Zone Details Take Shape
On Sept. 4 Fukuoka City released the initial draft of the initiatives planned for the Special Zone for Global Startups and Job Creation (one of the Japanese government’s National S...
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New Parco Building To Offer More Space To Relax
Tokyo-based department store Parco announced that the new building of its Fukuoka store will open on Nov. 13. Once the new building opens, Parco says it aims to attract 20 million ...
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Kyushu Goods Popular in Dalian, China
A new drugstore chain chock-full of products from Kyushu, is proving popular in Dalian, China. The Liaoning Kangxinmei Commercial Chain, a joint venture formed by Yokohama-based dr...
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New Daihatsu Truck Caters to Farm Women
Daihatsu has begun selling the latest model of its Hijet Truck, the first complete overhaul of the popular “kei truck” model in 15 years. Working in cooperation with the agricultur...
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Yatai Ordinance Turns One, Outlook Murky for Some Operators
One year has passed since Fukuoka City passed the Yatai Ordinance. The City says the new law has helped improve yatai etiquette, but out of 124 yatai, 31 cases of “name lending” ha...
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Futaba Pupils Start School in “New” Building
On Sep. 1 classes began for the 600 students of Futaba Elementary School, but in a slightly different location. The school has temporarily moved into the old Daimyo Elementary Scho...
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Kyushu’s Summer Coldest in 11 Years
According to the Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory, average temperatures in Kyushu for the period from June to August fell well below the normal temperatures, making for ...
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Health Ministry Raids Head Shops
On Aug. 27, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare conducted simultaneous raids of head shops in Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi and Fukuoka Prefectures, and for the first time, ordered th...
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New Art Guide Uncovers Local Scene
For the first time in more than a decade, a comprehensive bilingual guide to Fukuoka’s flourishing art scene has been released as a printed booklet. The “Kyushu-Okinawa Artist File...