Kyushu to Use Onsen to Lure Foreign Tourists
In an interview with Nishinippon Shimbun, Susumu Ishihara, the chairman of the Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization, outlined a goal to attract 4.46 million foreign visitors to Ky...
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Prefecture Population Up for 18th Straight Year
Fukuoka Prefecture released the results of its 2013 population movement survey, which revealed an increase of 5,344 persons year-on-year (as of Oct. 1) bringing the total populatio...
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KLM to Add More Flights
On Apr. 1, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines added another round-trip Fukuoka-Amsterdam flight, bringing the weekly number up from three to four. The route, which was the first to connect K...
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City Preps for Special Zone
On Apr. 2 Fukuoka City opened a National Strategic Zone Promotion Office to begin work on setting up a special zone for job creation by this summer. The aim is to make Fukuoka “the...
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Koga City Subsidizes Regular Employment
On Apr. 1 Koga City began offering monthly subsidies of ¥5,000~10,000 per person for companies within the city that hire new transplants as regular employees. The aim is to provide...
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Kyushu Warming Up
Research by the Fukuoka Local Meteorological Observatory appears to show that global warming is having an impact on Kyushu. The average annual temperature of the Kyushu/Yamaguchi r...
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Robotic Dogs Dance to AKB48
See 20 Sony “AIBO” robotic dogs perform to AKB48 at Robosquare on April 22! Fukuoka’s unique Robosquare was opened in 2002 and operates with the goals of increasing familiarity wit...
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Fukuoka City Eliminates Nursery School Waits
City Hall announced that its nursery school waiting list was set to reach zero on Apr. 1. Last April, the city was the second worst in Japan with a waiting list of 695 children. Th...
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Goto City Opens Fukuoka Office
Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture opened an office in the Dai-Hakata Building (2 Hakata-Ekimae, Hakata-ku) on Apr. 1. Office staff will work on promoting tourism and specialty goods f...
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Fukuoka City to Change to “Hakata City”
Mayor Takashima announced at press conference this morning that Fukuoka City will change it’s name to Hakata City as of Jan., 1, 2015. In a speech before local press, the Mayor sai...