Now Reports

July 2014 Fukuoka Now

Summer is here and the living is easy… really easy here in Fukuoka! In this month’s issue - and in greater detail on the Fukuoka Now website we cover a lot. On the cover is Amy Hou...

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Fukuoka’s Water-Conscious Citizenry

Water: we need it to live, but per capita household water use in Japan almost doubled between the 1960s and the 2000s. The biggest increase has been recorded in the populous urban ...

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Nagasaki Singer Pens Song Promoting Eating Whale

Nagasaki-based singer Pirolina has released a new song singing the praises of eating whale meat. In the wake of the international Court of Justice’s ruling that Japan’s...

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Fukuoka Canada Day 2014 – Food Preview

Canadian lobster tail, Canadian pork, beef, poutine and pancakes…. yummmmm! Try these Canadian favorites at the Fukuoka Canada Day Party on Sat., June 28 at Tenjin Monolith. ...

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New International Bar “Two Dogs Bar & Grill” Opening Report

Oyafuko’s newest meeting place opened tonight at 18:00 and FN was there to check it out. “Two Dogs Sports Bar & Grill” is the collaboration of Jody Archer (FUBAR) and Rya...

Avispa and Soccer in Fukuoka

Football fever is set to sweep across Fukuoka this summer as the 20th FIFA World Cup takes place in Brazil from June 12th to July 13th, with 32 countries from around the world batt...

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New Fukuoka-born app HalalMinds helps Muslims find Halal food in Japan

Muslims visiting or living in Japan can now check whether over half of all Japanese supermarket products are halal with a new app created in Fukuoka. Launched in November 2013, Hal...

Wayne Macpherson

Having studied business to doctorate level, and currently teaching future CEOs at Fukuoka universities, it’s not surprising that the enterprising Wayne Macpherson spotted a gap in ...

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