Obon Season Traffic Jams
This week’s Obon period is one of Japan's three major holiday seasons, accompanied by intensive domestic and international travel activities. The 2013 Obon travel period is anticip...
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Decline in Regional 10 Billion Yen Companies
On Aug. 8, the Fukuoka Branch of Tokyo Shoko Research released its ranking of companies from the Kyushu-Okinawa region with ¥10 billion in sales for 2012. The total number fell eig...
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Amaou Liqueur Goes on Sale Nationwide
Nishi-ku sake brewer Hamaji Shuzo has begun nationwide sales of its own Yogurt Amaou, a liqueur made from Fukuoka’s Amaou strawberries and locally-sourced milk. Dedicated to using ...
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Saibu Gas Experts to Provide Eco Tips to Homeowners
Saibu Gas has been selected as a private-sector partner for the Ministry of the Environment’s Uchi Eco Shindan Project, a program aimed at reducing household CO2 emissions, and has...
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Biz Info Session for Korean Students to be Held
Fukuoka-based Hospitable Corp, which administers a tourism information portal for Korean tourists, will run a joint company information session for job-seeking Korean students flue...
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Munakata-made Ultra-compact Cars OK’D
Munakata-based venture company Kobot has received approval from the Kyushu Transportation Bureau for its ultra-compact two-person electric vehicle under the government’s Micro-Mobi...
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Hand-foot-mouth Outbreak Sweeps Japan
There is a nationwide outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease among Japanese infants and toddlers. According to statistics compiled by the National Institute of Infectious Disease...
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Domestic Visitors to Kyushu Decline
According to a domestic visitor survey conducted by Tokyo-based Recruit Lifestyle, the number of visitors to the seven prefectures of Kyushu fell 580,000 to 17.22 million year-on-y...
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Tamaya Returns to Fukuoka
Sasebo-based retailer Sasebo Tamaya announced plans to open five or six Rose Essence Tamaya stores in Fukuoka over the next five years. The first shop, which was opened as a so-cal...
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Welfare Benefits Outstrip Minimum Wage Salaries in Fukuoka
According to calculations released by the Fukuoka Labor Bureau on Aug. 5, the take-home pay of a person working at the nationally-mandated prefectural minimum wage in the cities of...