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Residential Road Speed Limit Drops to 30 km/h
From September 1, the statutory speed limit on many residential roads across Japan will fall from 60 km/h to 30 km/h. The revised rule applies to ordinary roads without a centerlin...
Kyushu Shinkansen to Reopen September 18
JR Kyushu plans to restore full Kyushu Shinkansen service on September 18. The Kumamoto-Shin-Minamata section has remained closed since the July 28 Kumamoto earthquake...
Kitakyushu Budget Backs School Meals and Small Businesses
Kitakyushu Mayor Kazuhisa Takeuchi announced a 2.72 billion yen supplementary budget proposal for the September city assembly session. The plan includes 96 million yen to...
Saga Harvests Grapes for First Local Wine
Wine grapes were harvested for the first time in Omachi on August 25 as the town works toward producing Saga Prefecture's first locally made wine. Saga is currently the only...
Nepali Parents Seek Justice After Daughter’s Killing
The parents of 25-year-old Nepali vocational student Laxmi Rajbanshi spoke from Nepal one week after her body was found in the Naka River in central Fukuoka. Her mother said...
Kitakyushu High School Tests Sunglasses for Students
About 50 students at Keisei High School in Kokura Kita Ward began a one-year trial allowing sunglasses to be used as part of school life. Introduced on August 26...
LDP to Question Fukuoka Branch Over Assembly Turmoil
The Liberal Democratic Party leadership plans to question senior members of its Fukuoka prefectural branch on August 28 over continuing turmoil in the prefectural assembly...
Former METI Official Plans Fukuoka Mayoral Run
Hisaya Watanabe, a 58-year-old company president from Fukuoka's Sawara Ward, intends to run in the next Fukuoka mayoral election. Born in Kitakyushu, Watanabe worked for...
Kurauchi Seeks Fukuoka Assembly Resignation
Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly Speaker Isao Kurauchi submitted a request to resign as an assembly member on August 24. He was expected to step down on August 25 after...
New Rihga Hotel Brand to Open in Hakata
Royal Hotel held an opening reception on August 24 for Bouncy by Rihga Fukuoka Hakata, a new hotel in Fukuoka City's Hakata Ward that will open on September 1. The 117-room...