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Jan 10, 2019Now Reports
Status of Residence (Visa) and Residing in Japan
On December 8, the new Immigration Act was passed at the House of Councilors, the upper house of the Diet of Japan, and thus enacted. It comes into force from April and Japan will ...
Dec 21, 2018Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri Discovery Tour Report – Nov. 2018
The Kurume Kasuri Discovery Tour, organized by Fukuoka Now in conjunction with local government offices and the Kurume Kasuri Cooperative Association, set out to introduce this tra...
Dec 21, 2018Now Reports
Opening Night Report – Tiger Yuki Habitat – Familiar Introduction
What a night! The opening of the Tiger Yuki Habitat, at Two Dogs sports bar, was brilliant! As I approached the bar at about nine o’clock, people were spilling out into Oyafuko-dor...
Dec 20, 2018Now Reports
January 2019 Fukuoka Now
Happy New Year! So without losing a beat, we roll into our third decade of publication! 2019 will be big for Fukuoka as it hosts Rugby World Cup 2019 matches. Learn how to book tic...
Dec 20, 2018Now Reports
Itoshima Now! January 2019
A view of the ocean, a tasty sandwich, and a cup of coffee. It’s the simple things in life that matter. Five years ago Hiroshi Nagahama moved his family and bread shop (Sana Bakery...
Dec 20, 2018Now Reports
Meet Geigi at the Hakata Traditional Performing Arts Centre
Across from Kushida Shrine sits a building with traditional lattice doors. This is the Hakata Traditional Performing Arts Centre, which opened in 2017 to spread the word about Haka...
Dec 13, 2018Now Reports
Report on the Kyushu Pawnshop Grand Bazaar 2018!
Today we took a walk through the “Kyushu Pawnshop Grand Bazaar - Clearance Sale” taking place now on 7F and 8F Elgala Hall in Tenjin. And wow! If you’re into designer brand goods a...
Dec 11, 2018Now Reports
Establishing a Business in Fukuoka
As Japan is single jurisdiction unlike the United States, Germany and Australia, there is no difference in formalities and requirements for establishing and doing a business anywhe...
Dec 5, 2018Now Reports
Kanji Day By Day: A Calendar And Cultural Experience From Here To The Olympics
Daily life is often hard to put into words, life’s everyday roller coaster can throw so much at us we often don’t have the time to sit down and feel each day. Shodo artist Mika Aok...
Nov 28, 2018Now Reports
December 2018 Fukuoka Now
The Beatles’ lyrics “It was twenty years ago today…” comes to mind as this month marks the twentieth year of publication of Fukuoka Now magazine! Huge thanks to the many people who...