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New Kyudai Medical Museum To Break Taboo, Discuss Wartime Vivisections
The Kyushu University School of Medicine has decided to exhibit documents at its Museum of Medical History, which is slated to open next April, from the vivisection experiments con...
Local Company to Train Workers for Japanese Companies in Asia
Miyawaka-based staffing company Technosmile will begin training and referring foreign workers to Japanese manufacturing companies entering China and ASEAN countries. The company ai...
JR Offers Travel-with-Grandparents Tickets to Kids
JR Kyushu has started selling a new all-you-can-ride ticket for elementary school kids traveling with their grandparents. Good for weekends and holidays in September and October, t...
Store Caught Selling Cigarettes to Underage Students in Uniform
Fukuoka Tobata Police Station sent the papers to Public Prosecutor’s Office in Kokura-ku on 8/12 (Tue.) regarding the sale of cigarettes to underaged students at a convenience stor...
Shochu Sales Up for Second Year Running
According to the Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank, nationwide sales of shochu and awamori by the top 50 companies in terms of sales volume increased 0.5% year-on-year to over ¥28...
Government Considers Ending Dance Ban
The national government and the Liberal Democratic Party have started examining revisions to the Entertainment and Amusement Trades Control Act that would end the ban on dancing af...
More Foreigners Visit Kyushu
The Kyushu District Transport Bureau announced that 634,449 foreigners visited Kyushu between January and May, making for a 15% year-on-year uptick. A dramatic increase in the numb...
City Presents Scholarships to First Batch of Sponsored Students
On Aug. 8, Fukuoka City held a conferral ceremony for the eight recipients of its Startup Scholarship Loan. The ¥100,000/month scholarship is given to local university students to ...
Island City to Get New High-Rise Condos
Fukuoka City announced that four companies—Osaka-based Sekisui House and Fukuoka-based Nishi-nippon Railroad, Fukuoka Jisho and Saibu Gas Kosho—will team up to build four high-rise...
City Hall to Test Work-at-Home Scheme
Fukuoka City announced that it will begin a trial run of a work-at-home scheme for city employees who need to care for children or elderly relatives. The City aims to encourage sim...