Kumamoto Company to Handle Greening Project for Chinese Eco-City
Jem Co. of Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture, which is primarily involved with organic fertilizer, will handle the greening work for one of the largest of the new Chinese eco-cities, Cao...
Kumamoto Company to Handle Greening Project for Chinese Eco-City
Jem Co. of Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture, which is primarily involved with organic fertilizer, will handle the greening work for one of the largest of the new Chinese eco-cities, Cao...
Free Distribution of Long-Term Care Pamphlets
Printing company Japan Print’s Fukuoka Branch is creating pamphlets with information about long-term care, containing explanations of how to apply, fees, and the names of all provi...
Forecast Calls for 0.9% Kyushu Growth
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its forecast for the Kyushu-Okinawa region in 2012, which calls for 0.9% in real economic growth (excepting price fluctuations) for the...
South Korean Cruises Coming to Kyushu
Seoul-based Harmony Cruises have begun sales of cruise packages to Kyushu that will call at Fukuoka City, Beppu, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima from home ports in Busan and Incheon. The s...
Major Upgrade Set for Iizuka Wheelchair Tennis Facilities
Fukuoka Prefecture will upgrade the facilities for the annual international wheelchair tennis tournament in Iizuka, it was learned. The objective is to maintain the tournament at t...
NISTEP Honors Hisayama-machi Research
The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) has selected a Kyushu University Medical School project of conducting epidemiological surveys into 50 years of medi...
Kitakyushu U. to Establish Japan’s First Disaster Recovery Research Institute
The University of Kitakyushu announced it will establish the Environmental Technology Institute on its campus in March, with the objective of developing advanced technology for dis...
Kyushu – Kinki Rail Pass Development Underway
JR Kyushu and JR West are working on a program to offer discount rail passes to foreigners for travel in the Kyushu, Chugoku, and Kinki regions. Shinkansen travel would also be inc...
Peach Aviation Starts Sale of Tickets on Osaka-Fukuoka Flights
Osaka-based low-cost carrier Peach Aviation is now selling tickets for its flights from Osaka to Fukuoka City and Sapporo that will begin March 1 next year. The company reports tha...
City Bulletin Jan. 2012
Selected news topics by Fukuoka Now from Fukuoka's Shisei Dayori. This month: Nanakuma Subway Line extension, Yatai survey results reported and more...