Tokyu Hands in Kumamoto
Tokyu Hands announced on Oct. 1 that a new store will be opened in Kumamoto next year. The store will be Kyushu’s second Tokyu Hands (the first located in JR Hakata City) and will ...
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Sumo Wrestlers Arrive for Kyushu Basho
Sumo wrestlers have started arriving for the Kyushu Basho tournament which starts Nov 11. The first group, from the Shikimori Beya, arrived in Kitakyushu with a truckload of food a...
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Josh Peppers Back with Rizing Fukuoka
High-scoring forward Josh Peppers has returned to the Rizing Fukuoka, the bj-league team he played for during the Kyushu franchise's inaugural season. Peppers, a University of Cent...
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Push for Deregulation of Foreign Interpreters and Guides
Fukuoka City and the Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization, under chairman Susumu Ishihara, have co-applied for the deregulation of foreign tour guides and interpreters in the Kyus...
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Crown Prince Visits Fukuoka City
Crown Prince Naruhito spent Sep. 30 in Fukuoka City. He opened the The SIU Congress (Sep. 30~Oct. 4), met with Governor Ogawa and then visited the International Student Support Cen...
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Kenji Jōjima Retires
Professional baseball player Kenji Jōjima formerly of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks will hold a press conference today to officially announce his retirement. He has been suffering fro...
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Kyushu Medical Wins Award for Research
Chikuho Bank of Kurume has selected Kyushu Medical of Kitakyushu as the recipient for its 2012 Chikugin Bioventure Research and Development Award. The award is given to help foster...
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Kyushu University to Become Center for Particle Research
Kyushu University revealed it will establish the Advanced Particle Physics Research Center in October as a new center for research in the field. Their intention is to have the faci...
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Towa Corporation to Build New Plant in Bangladesh
Towa Corporation, a Fukuoka Prefecture manufacturer of work gloves, announced it will build a plant in Bangladesh. They plan to invest about 1.3 billion yen, and begin operation at...
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Honda to Begin Production of New Large Bike in Kumamoto
Honda Motors announced it will begin production of its new large motorcycle in February 2013 at their only domestic motorcycle plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The new product is desi...