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GooDay Launches Household Cooking Oil Recycling
Home improvement retailer Good Day, which operates 67 stores across northern Kyushu and Yamaguchi, has launched a household used cooking oil collection program in...
Kyushu-Okinawa Population Falls Below 14 Million as Foreign Resident Numbers Rise
The combined population of Kyushu and Okinawa fell 0.62% year on year to 13.97 million as of January 1, 2026, according to a Basic Resident Register survey released...
Quake Damages 200 Shinkansen Sites
JR Kyushu said the July 28 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture damaged more than 200 locations on the Kyushu Shinkansen, primarily in Kumamoto Prefecture...
Quake Disrupts Kyushu Transport
Transportation disruptions continued across Kyushu on July 30 following the powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture. JR Kyushu said Kyushu Shinkansen services...
Northern Kyushu Rainy Season Ends
The Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory announced on July 8 that the rainy season had likely ended across northern Kyushu as temperatures climbed above 35 degrees...
FamilyMart Adds Seven Bank ATM
FamilyMart opened a new convenience store at the University of Kitakyushu on June 9, featuring the first Seven Bank ATM installed at a FamilyMart location in Kyushu. The...
Department Store Sales Up 4.5% on Tourist Demand
Department store sales in Kyushu and Okinawa rose 4.5% year on year in April on a same-store basis, marking the third straight month of growth, according to...
Kyushu Power Supply Stable for Summer
Electricity supply across Kyushu is expected to remain stable this summer, according to projections released on June 8 by the Organization for Cross-regional...
Kyuden Loses Customer Data Drive
Kyuden Transmission and Distribution, a subsidiary of Kyushu Electric Power, announced on June 8 that it had lost a solid-state drive (SSD) containing personal...
36 Plus 3 Returns With New Private Rooms
JR Kyushu announced that its sightseeing train 36 Plus 3 will resume service on September 3 following refurbishment work that began during a suspension...