Volcanologists Say Sendai Plant At Risk
In a survey of Japanese volcanologists conducted by Nishinippon Shimbun, the Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima was chosen as having the highest risk of vo...
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Golden Week Traffic Forecasts
JR Kyushu and various airlines released their travel forecasts for Golden Week (4/25~5 /6), which reveal the more people will likely be travelling during the four-day stretch in la...
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Gunkanjima Proves Popular
More than half a million people have visited Gunkanjima (Nagasaki Prefecture) since the ban on visitors was lifted five years ago. The abandoned island, once home to a bustling coa...
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Canadian Company To Install Solar Panels At Nissan Kyushu
On Apr. 16, Solar Power Network, a Canadian company that installs roof-top solar panels, announced plans to install a 2130 kW solar panel array on the roof of Nissan Kyushu’s facto...
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National Population Falls, But Fukuoka Manages Slight Gain
According to demographic statistics released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan’s total population (including foreign residents; current as of Oct. 1, 20...
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Practice a Full Marathon in Kayoicho Park
Many peolpe are beginning to train for the upcoming Fukuoka marathon. Kayoicho Park in Kasuyamachi which has a large pond and a 4.2195km walking course around it is recommended as ...
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Riverain Strives To Broaden Appeal
The Hakata Riverain commercial complex in Hakata-ku is trying to shed its image as “too expensive” to become “more inviting.” Over the past two years, Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, the keyst...
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Fukuoka Zoo Welcomes Tsushima Leopard Cat Kittens
On Apr. 14, the Fukuoka City Zoo announced the birth of three Tsushima leopard cats, a nationally protected species that it has been trying to breed. One of the kittens died after ...
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Fukuoka Company To Start Thai Phone Interpreting Service
Amid the increase in the number of Thai visitors, Fukuoka-based translation and interpreting agency BeBorn will launch a Thai telephone interpreting service on Apr. 14. Thai teleph...
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Kyushu Faces Aging Infrastructure Problem
Kyushu’s aging public infrastructure, much of which was built during the rapid economic expansion after the war, is becoming a serious issue. In the seven prefectures, nearly 40% o...