Tosu, Saga Woman Crowned Miss International
Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Tosu, Saga Prefecture won the 2012 Miss International Beauty Pageant. This years pageant was held in Okinawa and more than 60 women competed for the title. Th...
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Five Stabbed at Hakata Station
At approximately 1am on Oct. 20 at JR Hakata Station five male passersby were stabbed by a man. All five were taken to a hospital. They are all conscious and there’s no danger of l...
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Redback Spiders in Fukuoka City
It was revealed that since 2007, Fukuoka City has been exterminating thousands of redback spiders from Australia. The venomous spiders have recently established colonies across Jap...
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Nishi-Nippon City Bank and JR Kyushu – All In One Card
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank and JR Kyushu agreed to combine the bank’s cash/credit card, the All In One card, with the railroad’s IC card sugoca and the JQ credit card to create a n...
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Best Denki Has First Loss in Three Years
Fukuoka City-based Best Denki posted a net loss of 1.316 billion yen for the interim period ended in August, the company’s first loss in three years. Year-on-year sales fell for th...
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Starflyer’s Night Flight to Busan Popular
The new fare implemented on Starflyer’s Kitakyushu-Busan flight in September that enables passengers to take a night flight to Busan (6:20 p.m.) and return the next morning (10:45 ...
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Mr. Max to Enter Solar Power Field
Fukuoka-based discount store Mr. Max announced it will generate solar power by placing generators on the roofs of its stores. They will start the installation on their 14 stores in...
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Problems Still Remain from Heavy July Rains
The aftereffects of the heavy July rains in northern Kyushu that left 31 dead are still causing problems. The Nishinippon Shimbun reports that 795 people from 297 households are st...
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First Official Visit by a Group to Fukuoka from Myanmar
A group representing companies in the agriculture industry in Myanmar came for a two-day visit to Fukuoka Prefecture to hold business discussions with local companies and see the p...
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Marutai to Establish Southeast Asian Presence
Instant food manufacturer Marutai of Fukuoka City told the Nishinippon Shimbun they planned on starting sales of their products in Southeast Asia by 2015. It would be the company’s...