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  Firefighter reproduces rescue equipment as paper models

  OMUTA, Fukuoka — Designs for paper models of firefighting vehicles and equipment have been made avai...

  August 6, 2022

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  Endangered sea turtles damaging rare plants

  FUKUOKA — The recent surge in the number of endangered green sea turtles poses serious problems, inc...

  August 6, 2022

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  Fukuoka: Traditional craft, recycled thread create chic items

  KITAKYUSHU — A textile company in the Kyushu region has developed a technology using recycled thread...

  July 16, 2022

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  Vocabulary sheets for Ukrainians

  KITAKYUSHU — A communication guide for Ukrainian evacuees has been created by the Kitakyushu Interna...

  July 2, 2022

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  Riders of Fukuoka kitchen train can enjoy sights, crafts of prefecture

  FUKUOKA — Kitchen trains have appeared on the railroad in the southern region of Fukuoka Prefecture ...

  June 11, 2022

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  Gundam lands in Fukuoka as Asian attraction

  FUKUOKA — The city of Fukuoka is rapidly gaining attention from fans of “Mobile Suit Gundam,” an ani...

  June 4, 2022

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  Fukuoka keen to protect Amaou strawberry brand

  FUKUOKA — Concerned parties in Fukuoka Prefecture have been making efforts to maintain the Amaou str...

  May 28, 2022

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  Fukuoka: New high-speed ship to link Hakata, Kitakyushu ports

  FUKUOKA — JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. has announced that it will newly open in April a route between Ha...

  April 2, 2022

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  Kitakyushu university students make tomato sake, eye market

  KITAKYUSHU — A group of university students has succeeded in brewing sake using locally harvested to...

  March 22, 2022

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  Fukuoka: ‘Mr. Tornado’ to be honored in hometown

  KITAKYUSHU — The international standard for measuring tornado severity, called the Fujita scale, was...

  March 5, 2022

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  Fukuoka: Cosplayers use suburban forest for dynamic photo shoots

  FUKUOKA — A citizen’s forest in the suburbs of Fukuoka has become a hotspot among cosplayers thanks ...

  January 16, 2022

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  Japan’s Kyushu Univ. creates wooden sidewalk that helps the blind and the environment

  FUKUOKA — The idea came to him after his grandmother lost her eyesight. Instead of a sidewalk of asp...

  January 16, 2022

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  Japan has high hopes for geothermal power in Kyushu

  FUKUOKA — As expectations grow for the expansion of geothermal power generation as a renewable energ...

  January 3, 2022

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  Building up Kyushu’s busiest district sky high

  FUKUOKA — Kyushu’s largest and busiest commercial district is about to be transformed into a city of...

  October 24, 2021

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  Illusionary transformation of coal town into art city

  TAGAWA, Fukuoka — Once a coal-mining area, the installation of several works of optical illusion ar...

  May 15, 2021

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