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(English) Fukuoka Airport to Get Sniffer Dogs
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Read More 4월. 21, 2013, 10:53
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(English) Free Ride on Flower Cars & Open Top Bus
(English) Dontaku is Japan’s largest citizens’ festival with a history of over 800 years. It will be held during Golden Week on May 3~4 this year. The parade proceeds down Meiji-dori, between Gofukumachi and ACROS Fukuoka. Nishitetsu is offering the special opportunity for children to ride on the Flower Cars and Open Top Bus during the parade! Details as follows.
Read More 4월. 19, 2013, 17:47
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(English) Nishitetsu to Drug Test Bus and Train Drivers
(English) Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (Nishitetsu), will introduce yearly drug testing for 5,000 bus and train drivers. This follows the arrest of a Nishitetsu Bus Driver for stimulants. The testing kits will cost the company 50 million annually. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun
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(English) Zoo Attendance Back Up
(English) Last year, the Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden attracted 810,683 visitors, marking the first total annual admissions of more than 800,000 in 16 years. These figures suggest the various facilities upgrades that the Zoo has been undertaking are starting to take effect. In 2006, the City allocated ¥900 million toward a 20-year renewal project, and to date the Zoo has updated facilities for the elephants and chimpanzees. In 2008 a slope car was installed to enhance barrier-free access, and last October a habitat was created where orangutans and lar gibbons live together. This fall, the Zoo is scheduled to complete new facilities for the leopards and Malayan sun bears. The City has said it intends to “attract even more people since 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of the Zoo’s opening.” Source: Nishinippon Shimbun, Apr. 18
Read More 4월. 18, 2013, 18:31
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(English) Kyudai to Move IMAQ to Momochi
(English) Kyushu University has announced it will move its Intellectual Property Management Center (IMAQ) from Hakozaki Campus in Higashi-ku to a site in Momochi, Sawara-ku this September. On Apr. 1, the university obtained the former offices of JST Innovation Plaza Fukuoka, an independent administrative agency scrapped under the previous DPJ-led administration, free of charge. The university says it will open a “rental lab” where it can conduct joint research with local companies in the building and take advantage of the concentration of IT companies in Momochi to strengthen its research in cutting-edge fields such as human factors and ergonomics. It also hopes to bolster research with companies from Asia. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun, Apr. 18
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(English) Ministry to Reorganize Japan’s Airspace
(English) The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, (MLIT) is planning a reorganisation of controlled airspace in Japan – with proposed changes scheduled for 2016. An increase in low cost carrier (LCC) airlines in Japan, along with increased aviation demands from Asia’s economic growth have caused problems in the air recently, such as traffic jams. Flight paths have been overlapping, causing detours in the air and delays. Japan’s airspace is currently dimensionally divided into five sections, each managed by separate air traffic control centers. MLIT hopes to finalize the airspace reorganization by summer – planning to change and combine certain sections (including the Fukuoka airspace) to alleviate traffic jams. The MLIT is also going to invest in a “General Control Information” system to decrease the workload of air traffic controllers. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun, April 16
Read More 4월. 17, 2013, 18:25
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(English) Limited Free Tickets to Dontaku Eve
(English) On the evening before Dontaku (5/2), a special opening ceremony with performances is held at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Hakata. The event is free but limited to 6,000 participants, with numbered tickets distributed in advance. Tickets are handed out from 4/24 (Wed.) 10:00~ at four locations in Fukuoka City: 1. Passage Hiroba, Elgala, Daimaru, 2. Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 3. RKB 1F Lobby, 4. Hakata Port Bayside Museum.
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(English) Hilton 50th Anniversary Discounts
(English) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Hilton Group’s launch in Japan, the hotel is releasing a set of special coupons for discount room rates. Hilton Worldwide opened their first Japanese hotel in Tokyo, 1963, and now have locations all over Japan including the Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk. A limited run of 50 discount coupons will be sold for ¥330,000 each. You can use these coupons to book discounted rooms at Hilton hotels in Japan – one coupon for a single-room, two coupons for a twin-room.
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(English) Saga Prefecture Stops Jin Air Service to Korea
(English) Saga Prefecture announced a change of the airline providing service between Saga and Seoul – switching from Jin Air to T’way Airlines. In February Saga Prefecture and Jin Air entered an agreement, however the service didn’t work out due to difference of opinions between the two parties. Following the termination with Jin Air, Saga Prefecture got in contact with T’way Airlines – following positive feedback from T’way in the past. A representative at Saga’s aviation department commented “It was shame that we could not continue a relationship with Jin Air, however we look forward to a mutual understanding with T’way Airlines, to proceed in a positive way.” Source: Nishinippon Shimbun, April 16
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(English) Fukuoka Free Wi-Fi Eyes Expansion
(English) Fukuoka City Wi-Fi, one of the largest free public wireless internet networks in Japan, celebrated its first year in operation. The network started with 16 access points from which smartphone and laptop users can access sightseeing information for free. There are now around 200 access points in 53 locations including Fukuoka Airport, Hakata International Port and all of the City’s subway stations. The network now averages 2,800 hits per day, three times more than when the service was launched, and information is offered in four languages. City Hall wants to expand the network to include bus stops and shopping centers, but due to installation and maintenance costs, it is having trouble finding companies willing to join in the effort. A list of access points can be found on the Fukuoka City homepage (http://www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/wi-fi/english/index.html). Source: Nishinippon Shimbun, Apr. 16
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