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Bangkok ranks second in Asia for repeat visitors, Agoda finds
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2026
Bangkok ranked second in Agoda’s 2026 list of Asia’s most revisited destinations, behind Tokyo, while five Thai cities retained their places in the domestic top five.
Thailand vs South Korea live with quarter-final place at stake
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2026
Thailand face South Korea at 3pm on September 7 in Fukuoka, with the AVC Men's Volleyball Continental 2026 match shown free on MONOMAX SPORTS TV.
Thai woman held at Fukuoka over crystal meth hidden in coffee sachets
SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2026
A 28-year-old Thai woman remains detained in Japan after crystal meth was found in coffee sachets inside a parcel she was paid to carry, as her family asks police to trace the sender.
Bangkok, Fukuoka team up on ‘One Health’ rabies-free drive
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026
Bangkok partners with Japan’s Fukuoka under a “One Health” approach to push a “rabies-free city” plan, drawing on Japan’s long-running controls since 1956
Memorial Service held in Fukuoka for executed US POWs
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2025
A memorial service was held in Fukuoka on Friday for US prisoners of war who were executed without trial by the western command of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army in the closing days of World War II.
TAT launches roadshow in 3 Japanese cities to boost tourism, targets THB 55 billion revenue in 2025
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025
The roadshow brings together Thai tourism operators to engage in business negotiations and promote Thailand as a top travel destination.
BMA and Fukuoka train officials on waste management
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2025
(March 20, 2025, 9:00 a.m.) – Chatree Wattanakhejorn, Deputy Permanent Secretary for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), officially launched the waste management training programme on Thursday.
Chadchart urges students to learn by observing and asking questions
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025
(March 11, 2025, at 9.30 a.m.)—Chadchart Sittipunt, Governor of Bangkok, delivered a speech and gave certificates to Bangkok youths who will join the 15th edition of technology and culture exchange program between Bangkok and Fukuoka for the fiscal year 2025 on Tuesday.
Japanese hotel in hot water for only changing onsen bath water twice a year
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023
An about 160-year-old hotel in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, has changed the hot spring water in its public baths only twice a year in violation of the Public Bath Houses Law, it has been learned.
Fukuoka yakuza group greying after crackdown
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Members of a Kitakyushu-based yakuza group are greying, just like the rest of Japanese society. Average age of the group rose from 44.6 in 2013 to 54 at the end of 2021, while the number of members in their 20s declined from 33 to just two.