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Apr 19, 2019 Local News
Kumamoto Airport Aims High with Airport Privatization
On Apr. 14, Kumamoto Prefecture Governor Ikuo Kabashima revealed the management plan for Kumamoto Airport for its privatization in April 2020. Over the next thirty years, the airpo...
Apr 19, 2019 Local News
Trial Announces AI Customer Tracking System
Fukuoka-based Trial Company Inc. announced on Apr. 15 the development of a new AI monitoring system that recognizes the behavior of customers in its stores. The camera identifies c...
Apr 18, 2019 Local News
JR Hohi Line to Reopen in 2020
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and JR Kyushu is preparing to reopen the JR Hohi Line fully by the end of the fiscal year 2020. The 27-km route o...
Apr 17, 2019 Local News
Rail Reservations up for Golden Week
JR Kyushu has reported increased reservations for the Golden Week holidays in 2019, up 17.3% for shinkansen and 16.9% for the rapid trains from the previous year. According to the ...
Apr 17, 2019 Local News
At Least 30 Companies in Kyushu to Use Reiwa in Company Names
According to the announcement by Tokyo Shoko Research, 30 companies adopted "Reiwa (令和)" in their company names during the first ten days of April, including five in Fukuoka Prefec...
Apr 16, 2019 Local News
Take Home and Try On Apparel Business Trial in Hakata
Adastria Co., Ltd., an apparel retailer based in Tokyo, started a one-month trial for their new "take-home-and-try-on" service in collaboration with JR Hakata City starting on Apr....
Apr 16, 2019 Local News
Fujisaki Ranked Most Livable Town in Fukuoka Prefecture
A ranking of "the top livable towns 2019 in Fukuoka" was released by a housing-loan company, Aruhi Corporation, and the town of Fujisaki in Sawara Ward ranked the first. Ten distri...
Apr 16, 2019 Local News
Nishitetsu Flower Cars in Hakata Dontaku
Nishitetsu will operate a series of flower-covered festival buses around Fukuoka City for three days at the beginning of May to celebrate the Hakata Dontaku Port Festival. A car ad...
Apr 16, 2019 Local News
Nishitetsu to Build 44-Story Tower Condominium in Island City
Nishitetsu revealed plans to build a new "tower mansion" in Fukuoka’s Island City by 2022. The forty-four story apartment will be one of the tallest condominiums in Kyushu and be N...
Apr 12, 2019 Local News
Tokyo Firm Gets Contract for Multilingual Guided Tours of Hakata Old Town
The Tokyo-based company Otomo Inc. was chosen as the operating company for multilingual guided tours of Hakata Old Town in Fukuoka City. According to the company's press release, i...
