Fukuoka City Subway Making Money
The Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau announced that the subway had recorded its first single-year profit in FY 2011 in seven years, since the Nanakuma Line was opened in 2005. Th...
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Kyushu’s Hello Work Successful in Placing New Grads
Hello Work, an employment support service affiliated with the government, is successful in placing new college graduates in Kyushu who have otherwise been unable to find a job, the...
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JR Kyushu to Grow Green Peppers
JR Kyushu announced it will begin the cultivation of green peppers in Shintomi-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture. Work will begin in September 2013 on two hectares of land leased from local...
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Yaskawa Electric to Boost Convertor Production Capacity 10-Fold
Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric announced plans to boost by 10 times their production capacity for power convertors for solar power generating systems by 2013. In conjunction wit...
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Nankai Trough M9 Earthquake & Tsunami Casualty Prediction
A report was released yesterday detailing the effects should a M9 earthquake and tsunami occur in the Nankai Trough. 320,000 casualties are predicted nationwide with 59,000 of them...
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Kyushu Cities with Foreign Residents Use Facebook Most
According to a report in the Nishinippon Shimbun this morning Fukuoka City has the highest number of facebook users in the Kyushu Okinawa & Yamaguchi region with 36,720. However, v...
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City Bulletin September 2012
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
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Asian Black Bears Extinct in Kyushu
Asian Black Bears have officially become extinct in Kyushu despite local groups’ claims of sightings. The last known Asian Black Bear in Kyushu died in 1957. NGO and other groups h...
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New Bus and Train Travel Pass for International Tourists
Fukuoka City Subway, JR Kyushu Railway, Nishitetsu Bus and Trains and Showa Bus have collaborated on new tourist passes for international visitors. The passes are good for one day,...
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Drunk Drivers Still Stain Fukuoka
The 25th of the month is marked as a memorial day for the tragic drinking and driving accident which claimed the lives of three children in Fukuoka City in 2006. The City has initi...