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Aug 27, 2019 Local News
Ride the Haunted Ferris Wheel at Marinoa City
Enjoy your nights on a haunted Ferris wheel at Marinoa City Fukuoka. The horror event "Woman of Bloody Scissors" uses projections, sound effects, and physical motions to scare the ...
May 8, 2019 Local News
Marinoa City to Open New Amusement Center
Marinoa City will open a new indoor amusement center focusing on physical activities in the fall of 2019. Fukuoka Jisho Co., Ltd., the owner company of Marinoa City, announced the ...
Apr 25, 2019 Local News
Direct Ferry Service Between Hakata and Nokonoshima for Golden Week
Nokonoshima becomes more accessible during Golden Week. For three days during Golden Week, a special ferry will operate between Nokonoshima and Hakata Port to lessen the traffic ar...
Apr 8, 2019 Local News
Kyushu University’s Ito Campus Gets AI-based On-demand Bus Service
A new AI-based and on-demand bus service was launched inside the Itoshima Campus of Kyushu University on Apr. 2. The new service, named “aimo”, has no fixed routes or time schedule...
Mar 29, 2019 Local News
Nishi-ku Fukuoka Residents Say No to Airbnb-style Apartment Sharing
Fukuoka City has approved a new building agreement for Nishi Ward, prohibiting the use of houses and apartments as minpaku (Airbnb style apartment sharing) accommodation. The build...
Mar 28, 2019 Local News
Kyushu University Ranked 4th Best University in Japan
The Times Higher Education (THE) announced the Japan University Ranking 2019 in which Kyushu University ranked 4th, moving up from the fifth position in 2018. THE conducted the thi...
Mar 25, 2019 Local News
Kyushu University Engineer Assumed to Have Been Arrested in Ecuador
An engineer of Kyushu University is thought to have been arrested in Ecuador for attempting to export insect specimens illegally. The Ecuador Ministry of Environment announced on M...
Feb 15, 2019 Local News
Medical Clinic Opens inside Kyushu University Ito Campus
The Ito Clinic in Kyushu University's Ito Campus is now open to the university students and other residents of the area. The university opened the clinic on Feb. 1 to make up the i...
Feb 6, 2019 Local News
Kyushu University to Require CEFR Score of A2
Scores of CEFR will be a new requirement for applicants on entrance exams for Kyushu University from 2021. The university announced in late December that all applicants for the uni...
Dec 4, 2018 Local News
Saibu Gas to Open Hot Spring Facility
Saibu Gas announced their entrance into the hot spring business as a part of their mid-term management plan for 2016. Their first hot spring facility Odo no Yudokoro will open in t...
