City Bulletin August 2012
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka’s Shisei Dayori.
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¥200 Toll for Kitakyushu Urban Expressway
27 sections of the Kitakyushu City Urban Expressway will trial a short-trip discount toll from Sep~Mar. The ¥200 toll will be available for ETC holders only, and for trips of up to...
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Fukuoka City Urban Expressway Circle Completed!
At 15:00 today, July 21 the final section of the city’s urban expressway will open and complete the 35 kilometer circle around the city. The junctions on the loop are Fukushi...
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Discount for Foreign Tourists
From Aug 1, Amu Plaza in JR Hakata City, is targeting foreign tourists to boost sales. These visitors will receive a discount of 5% off purchases in almost all stores and given sho...
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Itoshima Designates Escape Routes from Nuclear Disaster
Fukuoka Prefecture has decided on five roads to be used by 15,000 Itoshima City residents to escape the city should a nuclear disaster occur at the Genkai Power Plant. Itoshima is ...
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Overseas Entries through Kyushu Set Record in April
The Kyushu Transport Bureau reported that the number of foreigners entering Japan through the seven Kyushu prefectures in April totaled 98,939 people, 3.8 times the year-before per...
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Yamada Denki Buys Best Denki
Gunma Prefecture-based Yamada Denki announced the purchase of local consumer electronics mass merchandiser Best Denki, the seventh largest company in the industry. Yamada is curren...
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45% of Local Companies Increased Hiring This Year
The Fukuoka Employers’ Association released the results of its survey of local companies’ new employment results for the current fiscal year, which showed that 45.3% said they had ...
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Starflyer Launches Kitakyushu-Busan Flight
Kitakyushu-based Starflyer Airlines began operating a daily roundtrip flight between Kitakyushu and Busan, South Korea. It is their first regular international route, and the first...
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Kitakyushu to Spend 850 Million on Rubble Disposal
The city of Kitakyushu announced it will spend 850.82 million yen to dispose of rubble from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which resulted from last year’s earthquake and tsunami. ...