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...
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Fukuoka and Saga Governors Visit Switzerland to Attract ILC
The Governor of Fukuoka, Mr. Hiroshi Ogawa, and the Governor of Saga, Mr. Yasushi Furukawa will attend the CERN (Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire) conference in Geneva,...
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Saibu Gas to Acquire Stake in Fish Wholesaler
Saibu Gas announced that it plans to acquire a 90% stake in Fukuoka Chuo Uo Ichiba Co., Ltd, a wholesale auctioneering outfit that operates out of the Fukuoka City Central Wholesal...
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New Cocktails with Local Fukuoka Ingredients
The Fukuoka Headquarters of the Nihon Bartender Association (NBA) has registered three new cocktails, made using ingredients from Fukuoka Prefecture. Two are alcoholic cocktails c...
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Peach Reaches 2 Million Passenger Milestone
Peach Aviation announced yesterday that they have exceeded two million total passengers one month ahead of schedule. The LCC airline launched last March, and reached the first mile...
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Group of Saga and Fukuoka Youth Push for ILC
Let’s Bring the ILC to Kyushu, a group of young people in their 20s and 30s, began collecting signatures on May 1 in an effort raise awareness of the International Linear Collider ...
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Takeo City Library Attracts 100,000 in One Month
In the one month since reopening on Apr. 1, the Takeo City Library in Saga Prefecture topped 100,000 visitors. Management of the new facility has been contracted to Culture Conveni...
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Kyuden Losing Customers
Kyushu Electric Power announced that the number of its corporate customers who switched to retail power suppliers as of Apr. 1 reached 2,117. This is the first time an electricity ...
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City’s No-Bid Contracts Top ¥20 Billion
Amid questions over amakudari (the practice of assigning retired government officials executive positions in affiliated organizations), Fukuoka City announced that it paid around ¥...
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