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Feb 26, 2018 Local News
Plans to Privatize Odo Yacht Harbor
Fukuoka City revealed plans to privatize the Odo Yacht Harbor next April. The facilities that will be up for sale include two clubhouses and a floating dock that has the capacity t...
Feb 23, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City Subway to get Music and More Improvements
The Fukuoka City Subway has announced plans to play music as trains arrive into station platforms. Two kinds of melodies will be played on the Nanakuma Line, depending on...
Feb 23, 2018 Local News
New Kitakyushu-Korea Flight to Commence in May
It was announced on February 20 that Korea Express Air will launch a new flight between Kitakyushu City and Yangyang County. Since December 2016, the company has operated charter f...
Feb 23, 2018 Local News
Itoshima Cafe and Bar open in Fukuoka Airport
An Itoshima-themed cafe and bar opened on Feb. 8 in Fukuoka Airport Domestic Terminal, located on the second floor, just after the security check in the south side. The ANA Festa-o...
Feb 23, 2018 Local News
Plans to Increase English Native Speakers Teaching in Schools
The Fukuoka City Board of Education plans to increase the number of native speakers teaching English language classes at elementary schools. Until now, the city has relied on...
Feb 22, 2018 Local News
Avispa Fukuoka and Hard Rock Cafe Collaboration
Avispa Fukuoka is collaborating with Hard Rock Cafe Fukuoka to produce special Hard Rock Café-themed Avispa merchandise. Limited edition t-shirts and...
Feb 21, 2018 Local News
Aeon Mall on Former Space World Site – Finalized
Aeon Mall are in negotiations with Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) about the possibility of utilizing the site where Space World used to...
Feb 21, 2018 Local News
Efforts to Promote Tourism Between Kyushu and Thailand
The Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization (KTPO) signed a bilateral agreement with the Thai government. The KTPO will work with the Tourism Authority of Thailand to...
Feb 21, 2018 Local News
G20 Finance Ministers to Meet in Fukuoka in 2019
The central government has announced that Osaka will host the 2019 G20 summit next year. However the meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will...
Feb 20, 2018 Local News
Solar Powered Toilet Developed in Kyushu
Nishimu Electronics Industries Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden), developed a portable toilet that flushes using an independent...