Futaba to Use Daimyo E.S. Temporarily
The Fukuoka Board of Education announced that it will rent the Daimyo Elementary School, which is slated for closure next March, to the Futaba Academy for two years starting next S...
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Hotel in Marinoa to Reopen
The former Evergreen Marinoa Hotel, which closed in May 2011, will reopen as Hotel Marinoa Resort Fukuoka in December. Kanagawa Prefecture-based Tokyo BMC Support, a hotel and brid...
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Mickey, Minnie and the Tokyo Disney Gang Visit Kyushu!
Tokyo Disneyland’s specially designed 30th anniversary parade car - the Dream Cruiser ll - comes to Kyushu with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and various other popular characters alon...
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Itoshima to Use Smart Cards for Safety of Evacuees
Itoshima City and Kyushu University’s System LSI Lab plan to develop a smart card system that will let officials accurately confirm the safety of citizens at evacuation shelters in...
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Fukuoka Youth Unaware of Bombing
According to a survey by the Nishinippon Shimbun Metro Desk, 48 out of 50 local youth said they did not know that Fukuoka was bombed in World War II. The Bombing of Fukuoka took p...
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Fukuoka Airport to Build International Terminal Extension
According to sources, Fukuoka Airport Building Co. will build a new terminal facility for low cost carriers (LCC) and other foreign airlines north of the international terminal. Th...
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Huis Ten Bosch to Wean Off Aid
Hideo Sawada, president of Huis Ten Bosch (HTB), the large-scale theme park in Sasebo, Nagasaki, announced that it will stop accepting subsidies for restructuring from Sasebo City ...
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Anpanman Kids’ Museum Coming to Riverain
The Anpanman Children’s Museum, a theme park based on the popular cartoon character, is slated to open in Hakata Riverain next April. This will be the fifth such museum in Japan an...
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Fukuoka DC Forum on Urban Development Held
The Fukuoka Directive Council (Fukuoka D.C.), a public-private venture that aims to rejuvenate economic activity in the metro Fukuoka area, held a public forum on June 7. Forum par...
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Kyushu HKT48 Girl & Oita Monkey Both Win Popularity Elections
The fifth annual AKB48 election took place at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on 6/8 (Sat.) The AKB48 election concept, which began in 2009, invites the Japanese public to vote for thei...