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Mar 28, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka’s La Maison de la Nature Goh Makes Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants
Congratulations to Chef/Owner Takeshi Fukuyama and his staff on the inclusion of their restaurant in the 2018 edition of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. La Maison de la Nature Goh is l...
Mar 27, 2018 Local News
Kyudai Selling Naming Rights for New Library
Kyushu University (Kyudai) is selling the rights to name Ito Campus’ Central Library. Companies and private organizations can earn the right to nickname the facility, which officia...
Mar 27, 2018 Local News
New Nishitetsu-Run Retirement Home in Kurume
On March 22, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., (Nishitetsu) announced plans to build a residential-style retirement home in Kurume City. The new Suncarna Kurume will be located two ...
Mar 27, 2018 Local News
Baseball Player Munenori Kawasaki To Retire / 川崎宗則選手、退団発表
Popular infielder Munenori Kawasaki announced that he will leave the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and appears to be ready to retire from baseball. The 36-year old returned to the Hawks, ...
Mar 26, 2018 Local News
Kyudai and Itoshima City Join Forces to Attract Companies with a New Science Park
Kyushu University and Itoshima City have announced plans to build a science park near the university’s Ito Campus to attract companies and research institutes to the area. Science ...
Mar 23, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City Kindergartens to Close
Fukuoka City will close all eight of its municipal kindergartens by 2018 due to a drop in the number of young children using the facilities. The population of 3-5 year olds in the ...
Mar 23, 2018 Local News
Asakura and Hita City Staff Work Excessive Overtime
Approximately 300 staff working for Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture and Hita City, Oita Prefecture worked over 100 hours of overtime in July 2017. On average, staff in charge of.....
Mar 23, 2018 Local News
Beenos to set up Office in Kitakyushu City
The e-commerce service Beenos will relocate some administrative departments from its head office in Tokyo to Kitakyushu City this April. Staff in charge of accounting and personnel...
Mar 23, 2018 Local News
LGBT Rights Exhibition in Tenjin
An exhibition of panels to raise awareness about sexual minorities and the LGBT community are on display in Fukuoka Mitsukoshi Lion Hiroba. The exhibition aims to...
Mar 22, 2018 Local News
Plans to Privatize Kumamoto Airport
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to privatize Kumamoto Airport by April 2020. The ministry will listen to offers from companies who want to operate...