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Apr 26, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Tower Plans Special Illumination to Bring in Reiwa
Fukuoka Tower will be wrapped in a special illumination named "Japan Illumination" to commemorate the end of Heisei Era and to celebrate the beginning of Reiwa Era. On Apr. 30 and ...
Apr 26, 2019 Local News
Mitsubishi Estate Announces New Office Complex for Hakata
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. announced the construction of its first office complex in Fukuoka City on Apr. 19. The project will be produced in collaboration with Fukami Kosan, a re...
Apr 26, 2019 Local News
Kyushu Open Innovation Fund Launched
On Apr. 22, FFG Venture Business Partners and GxPartners announced the establishment of a new fund to support startups in Fukuoka City. The joint organization is named Kyushu Open ...
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 25, 2019 Local News
Aeon Shoppers Fukuoka Re-Opens Today
Aeon Shoppers Fukuoka in Tenjin re-opened today in the same location as Daiei Shoppers Plaza debuted in 1971. On the first floor, a new freshly squeezed fruits and frozen yogurt sh...
Apr 24, 2019 Local News
Singapore-based Ascott Limited to Manage New Hotel in Fukuoka
NTT Urban Development Corporation announced on Apr. 9 the construction of a new hotel to be managed by a Singapore-based company, The Ascott Limited. The hotel, located in front of...
Apr 24, 2019 Local News
Nishitetsu to Build a Large-scale Conference Center
Nishitetsu announced on Apr. 18 plans to construct and open a large-scale conference hall in Hakata Ward in the spring of 2021. The hall, which will be one of the largest conventio...
Apr 22, 2019 Local News
Three More Tsushima Yamaneko Bred in Fukuoka City Zoo
Three Tsushima yamaneko (wildcat) offspring were born inside Fukuoka City Zoo on Apr. 15. The wildcat, which inhabit only in Tsushima of Nagasaki Prefecture, were appointed as nati...
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
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...