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Dec 18, 2025 Local News
APU Connects International Students With Regional Employers
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, hosted a networking event on...
Feb 4, 2025 Local News
Beppu City Considers Implementing Lodging Tax
Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, has begun discussions on introducing a lodging tax to secure stable funding for...
May 16, 2023 Local News
JR Kyushu to Launch New D&S Tourism Train by 2024
JR Kyushu announced on May 10th that it plans to introduce a new train in its 'D&S Train' (Design & Story) tourism series, set to operate between Hakata Station and Yufuin/Beppu St...
Apr 4, 2023 Local News
APU Welcomes 1,133 Students from 60 Countries
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, welcomed 1,133 new students from 60 countries and regions for its "second founding." The newly established Depa...
Nov 22, 2021 Local News
APU To Launch Sustainability Tourism Faculty
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) announced the establishment of the College of Sustainable Development and Tourism. Beginning in April 2023, the new faculty would accept 3...
Oct 5, 2021 Local News
International Student Admissions for APU on Hold
Admissions of approximately 1,300 exchange students to Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) to Japan have been suspended as of September 2022. The number makes up one-fourth o...
Apr 16, 2020 Local News
Local Governments Hiring Staff to Fight Unemployment
Local governments are creating positions for people who lose their jobs due to the impact of the coronavirus. The mayor of Beppu City, Oita, announced on April 13 that the city wou...
Feb 26, 2020 Local News
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Cancels Graduation Ceremonies
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University will cancel its graduation and entrance ceremonies scheduled in the months of March and April. The university explained in its press release tha...
Nov 1, 2019 Local News
Beppu Company to Offer Portable Onsen Nationwide
A Beppu-based company will start an unusual service to transport and deliver an onsen facility by truck. An inflatable structure, consisting of two sets of onsen bath for 4~5 perso...
Jul 24, 2019 Local News
ANA Intercontinental Beppu Resort & Spa Pre-open
With the opening of the ANA Intercontinental Beppu Resort & Spa scheduled for August 1, the hotel was shown to media on July 19. With a concept of "fusion of traditional hot spring...
