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Win!! Tickets to Red Bull Sound Voyage Fukuoka

Red Bull roars into Fukuoka’s summer party scene with a gorgeous beach festival in front of Fukuoka Dome. Live artists include ZEEBRA, May J., DJ SOULJAH, and the unique Party Rock...

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Win!! Tickets to 26th Annual Asian Film Festival

This annual film festival, now in its 26th, year celebrates independant Asian cinema. The 13-film selection includes works from Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Bhutan. It’s a rare opportu...

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TRIAL to Hire International Students

Discount Store TRIAL has announced it will hire 200 staff next spring, double its hires this year. Of this, about 20 will be international students. They are planning to move into ...

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Gaikokupedia

If there’s anything I don’t know about Japanese history, architecture, culture or politics, I find the longest answers often come by asking a random gaikokujin a completely unrelat...

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Canada Day Hats and Leis!

A huge box of decorations for the Fukuoka Canada Day Party arrived at the Fukuoka Now office today and we wasted no time in trying the goods on! We got Canadian flag paper plates, ...

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First Rock Climbing Facility in Tenjin

Bravo Climbing have opened an indoor rock climbing facility in Tenjin. With up to nine levels of difficulty on the walls there is a climb for everyone. The joining fee is ¥1,575 an...

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Goats to Ward Off Wild Boar in Nagasaki

As many as 50 towns in Nagasaki will start to use goats to ward off wild boar which destroy valuable farm crops. In 2010 in Nagasaki alone, there was ¥400 million damage recorded. ...

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Fukuoka Firefighter Fired For Photos On Facebook

A 36 year old Tagawa City firefighter was dismissed for using his mobile phone to photograph and post to Facebook the scene of a fire he attended on June 9. His post on the social ...

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