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Jun 8, 2018 Local News
Luxury Apartments on Old Daimyo Elementary Site Eye Foreign Tenants
As part of the efforts to redevelop the site of the old Daimyo Elementary School, Sekisui House and Nishi-Nippon Railroad will build furnished luxury service apartments with an eye...
Jun 7, 2018 Local News
Decrease in Cruise Ships Using Kyushu Ports
Preliminary statistics released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Kyushu Regional Development Bureau have revealed that a total of 106 cruise ships called at ...
Jun 7, 2018 Local News
Three Lion Cubs Born in Oita
The Kyushu Natural Wildlife Park African Safari in Usa City, Oita welcomed three new lion cubs on April 27. The park's female lion Rita gave birth to triplets (two females and one ...
Jun 6, 2018 Local News
New Digital Currency Available in Huis Ten Bosch Next Spring
Huis Ten Bosch announced on June 1 that they will introduce a new electronic currency for use at their facility this December. The Ten Bosch coin will help make financial transacti...
Jun 5, 2018 Local News
New JR Train Station to Open in Itoshima
JR Kyushu announced on May 30 that their new station in Itoshima City, to be located between Chikuzen-Maebaru and Hatae stations, will be called Itoshima Koko-mae. This will be JR ...
Jun 4, 2018 Local News
Prefecture sets up Center to Provide Disaster Information to Foreigners
Fukuoka Prefecture and the Fukuoka International Exchange Foundation have opened the Multilingual Disaster Support Center inside the Foundation’s office in ACROS Fukuoka in Tenjin....
Jun 1, 2018 Local News
Tokyo Girls Collection to be Held in Kitakyushu this October
Back by popular demand for the fourth year in a row, Tokyo Girls Collection, one of Japan's major international fashion events, will hold a fashion show in Kitakyushu on October 6....
Jun 1, 2018 Local News
Eurasian Otters Found in Tsushima
The Ministry of the Environment confirmed on May 28 that several Eurasian otters have been found in Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture. The discovery was made as part of an ongoing...
May 31, 2018 Local News
New Kitakyushu-Korea Flights by Korea Express Air
On May 23 the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism officially gave permission for Korea Express Air (KEA) to operate new flights from Kitakyushu to Yangyang Cou...
May 31, 2018 Local News
Matcha Cheese Tarts at Bake
The hunger-enticing smell of Bake's freshly baked cheese tarts continues to fill the Tenjin Chikagai shopping arcade, attracting long lines of customers. And now there’s something ...