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Nov 27, 2014 Local News
Government-Backed Funding Corp Opens Fukuoka Office
The Regional Economy Vitalization Corporation of Japan (REVIC), a Tokyo-based public-private funding organization, opened an office in Tenjin, its third in the country,on Nov. 25. ...
Nov 26, 2014 Local News
Itoshima Dubs Exchange Students Tourism Ambassadors
Itoshima City has appointed 19 foreign exchange students studying at Kyushu University as Itoshima International Tourism Ambassadors. Timed to coincide with the opening of a new st...
Nov 26, 2014 Local News
Kumamoto Man is World’s No.1 Santa
Kohei Yamashita, a seafood processing worker from Amakusa, Kumamoto, was named the Santa of the Year 2014 at the annual Santa Winter Games held in Gällivare, Sweden on Nov. 22. Thi...
Nov 25, 2014 Local News
12,000 Join First Fukuoka Marathon
On Nov. 9, approximately 12,000 people participated in the first Fukuoka Marathon, a joint effort by the cities of Fukuoka and Itoshima. Despite the on-again,-off-again rain on the...
Nov 23, 2014 Local News
Daisuke Matsuzaka To Pitch for Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
On November 22 Daisuke Matsuzaka a free agent professional baseball player more recently with the New York Mets, has signed a four year contract to play in Fukuoka. The superstar p...
Nov 18, 2014 Local News
Tenjin Retailers Rush To Renovate
Department stores and commercial facilities in Tenjin are ramping up renovations. Ahead of the opening of its new building on Nov. 13, Parco has revamped in basement and lower floo...
Nov 18, 2014 Local News
LCCs Help Attract More Flyers To Kyushu
Ridership on four Kyushu routes where low-cost carriers (LCCs) also operate has risen nearly 12% since 2011. This data comes from a survey conducted by the land ministry on four ro...
Nov 18, 2014 Local News
Fukuoka Airport To Go Private In 2017
On. Nov. 13, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced its intention to privatize the management of Fukuoka Airport as early as fiscal 2017. Governor Og...
Nov 17, 2014 Local News
Soichiro Takashima Re-elected as Fukuoka City Mayor
Forty-year old Soichiro Takashima won a landslide victory for a second term as mayor of Fukuoka City in an election held on Sunday, Nov. 16. Of the 1,170,00 eligible voters only 38...
Nov 13, 2014 Local News
Dangerous Redback Spiders Found inside Kyushu University
On Nov.11, Fukuoka City and Kyushu University found 106 redback spiders and 197 eggs on the grounds of Ito Campus in Nishi-ku. They were promptly exterminated. According to Kyushu...