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Oct 22, 2018 Local News
Kumamon Number Plate Popular with Drivers
Special Kumamoto number plates that include a silhouette of Kumamon in the design have proven popular with the public. At the beginning of October, the Ministry of Land, Infrastruc...
Oct 16, 2018 Local News
New Cashless Payment System in Kyushu
On October 4, an association of 17 companies in Kyushu launched a new campaign to encourage the use of cashless forms of payment in the region. The Kyushu Cashless Tourism Island P...
Oct 16, 2018 Local News
Overseas Travel Agents Visit Kitakyushu City
Representatives from Asian travel companies were recently invited to Kitakyushu City in an attempt to increase the number of school excursions and training trips visiting the area ...
Oct 16, 2018 Local News
Hawks Minced Ham to Advance To Final Stage
Alfredo Despaigne smashed back-to-back homers, first in the fourth inning then in the bottom of the sixth against right-handed Michael Tonkin, as the SoftBank Hawks clobbered the N...
Oct 12, 2018 Local News
Large Scale Redevelopment in Tenjin
A large scale redevelopment is scheduled to take place in the blocks surrounding Fukuoka Parco and the Shintencho shopping arcade. The construction work will take place over approx...
Oct 12, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City Looking to Increase Worker’s Rights for LGBT Community
Fukuoka City is looking into the possibility of offering wedding vacation days and nursing leaves to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) employees who have entered into ...
Oct 12, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka Second in Ranking of Japanese Cities
The Mori Memorial Foundation's Institute for Urban Strategies released findings from a study into the most appealing cities in Japan outside of Tokyo. The research took a range of ...
Oct 11, 2018 Local News
Kyushu University Aims to Use Renewable Energy to Produce Hydrogen
Kyushu University has started conducting research into the usage of renewable energy to produce hydrogen and the development of hydrogen storage materials made from hydrogen alloys...
Oct 10, 2018 Local News
Foreign Visitors Entering Kyushu in First Half of 2018 Hit Record High of 2.54 Million
The number of foreign visitors who entered Kyushu in the first half of the year reached 2,543,247, a 9.9% increase year-on-year and the highest number on record for the first half ...
Oct 9, 2018 Local News
Discover Fukuoka by Bus with the Fukuoka City One-Day Pass
Save money and travel conveniently on any Nishitetsu local bus to all the sightseeing spots in the city for one whole day with the Fukuoka City One-day Pass (adult ¥900, child ¥450...
