Local Castle Guidebook Published
ACROS Fukuoka has published a guidebook called “Famous Castles of Fukuoka Prefecture”. It is the seventh book in the Culture Reader series, which showcases local culture, history a...
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Starflyer’s New Route to Guam
Japanese LCC Starflyer announced yesterday (5/10) they will launch a new trial route between Kitakyushu~Guam, with 13 round trips scheduled for the month of August. It’s the first ...
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PARCO Annex to Open Next Fall
Tokyo-based department store chain Parco announced that it will open a new annex on the site of the old Iwataya Annex located adjacent to its Tenjin store next Fall. The new buildi...
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Fukuoka City Population Tops 1.5 Million
At his regular press conference on May 13, Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced that Fukuoka’s population had topped 1.5 million. Fukuoka was incorporated as a city of 50,847...
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Civil Works Venture Suspected Of Sand Fraud
A Fukuoka-based joint venture hired by the Prefecture to conduct sand capping, a technique to improve water quality, in the Ariake Sea is suspected of misstating the amount of sand...
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Kumamon Becomes A German-Made Steiff Teddy Bear
The world’s top teddy bear company Stieff Co. has just released a Kumamon teddy bear! Founded in 1880, Steiff is a German-based plush teddy bear company known for its high quality....
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Iwataya Mitsukoshi Profits Rebound
Mitsukoshi Isetan Holdings announced that its Fukuoka-based subsidiary Iwataya Mitsukoshi, recorded a net loss of ¥110 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2013. This marks the t...
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Yutaka Aso To Chair Kyukeiren
The Kyushu Economic Federation (Kyukeiren) announced that Yutaka Aso, president of Aso Cement and brother of Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, will be the group’s next chairman. He w...
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Local Pet Shops Raided, Suspected of Smuggling
Fukuoka Prefecture Police seized computers and accounting ledgers from nine locations in connection with two vendors suspected of illegally selling Siamese crocodiles, a critically...
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Number of Homeless Hits All-Time Low
Fukuoka Prefecture reported that the there were 354 homeless persons in the prefecture as of Jan. 2013, making for the lowest number on record since surveys began in 2003. This rep...