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Feb 11, 2015 Local News
City To Relax Rules On Empty House Rentals
Starting next fiscal year City Hall will begin allowing the collection of rent for empty residences located within urbanization control zones, something that was previously restric...
Feb 9, 2015 Local News
City, UR Agree To Redevelop Car Park Near Hakata Station
On Feb. 6, the Fukuoka City Urban Planning Committee approved a proposal to redevelop the municipal parking lot located on the south side of JR Hakata Station into a building conta...
Feb 7, 2015 Local News
Mitsubishi Estate Acquires Hawks Town Mall
On Jan. 22 Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. acquired the trust beneficiary rights to the land buildings at Hawks Town Mall, whose storefronts are currently half empty. The company said ...
Feb 5, 2015 Local News
Uber Rideshare Service Starts in Fukuoka
Everyone’s Uber, an innovative ridesharing service offered by the drivers of Fukuoka, for the people of Fukuoka. Available from 10AM today, February 5, this is an unprecedented col...
Feb 3, 2015 Local News
New HTB Hotel Will Use Robots, Room Auctions
Sasebo (Nagasaki) theme park Huis Ten Bosch announced it will open a new low-cost, energy-saving “smart hotel” in July. This hotel, however, is a little bit strange. The hotel fron...
Feb 2, 2015 Local News
Seven Bank Opens Manned Branch In Hakata
Tokyo-based Seven Bank has announced it will open its first manned branch in Kyushu. The bank counter will be installed inside the Hakata Ekimae Asahi Building 7-11 convenience sto...
Jan 9, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka to Build World’s First Osmotic Power Plant
Nagasaki-based water treatment plant manufacturer Kyowa Kiden Kogyo has been tasked to build the world’s first commercial osmotic power power plant in Higashi Ward this year. Osmot...
Dec 26, 2014 Local News
Tokyo Developer To Redevelop Praliva Into 30-Story High-Rise
Sources have revealed that real estate developer Tokyo Kensetsu will redevelop Nishijin El Mall Praliva into a mixed-use high-rise. The leading proposal calls for the closure of Pr...
Dec 24, 2014 Local News
Nishitetsu Eyes Entry Into Se Asian Real Estate Market
In a recent interview with a Nishinippon Shimbun reporter, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Company president Sumio Kuratomi announced that the company plans to enter the real estate developm...
Dec 24, 2014 Local News
Parco Fukuoka To Expand Again
In an interview with Nishinippon Shimbun, Kozo Makiyama, the president of Tokyo-based Parco mentioned plans to add “around a dozen new shops” in main building of Parco Fukuoka by n...
