Girl, 4, falls to death from high-rise in Fukuoka Prefecture
A 4-year-old girl fell to her death from the 18th floor of a high-rise apartment late Monday in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, police have said. Mion Ezaki was found on the roof of a store located on the first floor of the building ...
Japan's SBI Holdings and Chikuho Bank agree on capital tie-up
Major online financial company SBI Holdings Inc. and Chikuho Bank said Friday they had agreed on a capital tie-up to help boost the regional bank's business amid population decline. Under the deal, SBI will acquire a stake of up to 3 percent in the bank, ...
Data shows Kyushu river pump systems were overwhelmed by 2018 torrential rains
A year after torrential rains hit western Japan, newly disclosed data by the Fukuoka Prefectural Government showed that massive inland flooding of the six tributaries flowing into the Chikugo River in the prefecture occurred because the amount of rain that fell is estimated to ...
Prize-winning Fukuoka dance team puts Kurume on YouTube radar
The Kurume Municipal Government in Fukuoka Prefecture has released a YouTube video featuring Kyushudanji Shinsengumi, a local boys' dance group that won first place at World of Dance 2015 in Los Angeles, to promote the city. The video, which shows the group in action at ...
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 7, 1915 Germans at Kurume 'getting arrogant' According to a message from Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, some 700 German prisoners of war currently held at Kurume detention camp are becoming insolent. They refused to respond when the usual roll was called and burst ...
