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Feb 8, 2019 Local News
Saibu Gas Enters Thailand’s Real Estate Market
Saibu Gas Co., Ltd. has entered the real estate market in Thailand. According to the company's announcement on Feb. 4, they will mainly target upper-class customers and will start ...
Feb 7, 2019 Local News
Pollen Forecasts Posted on Fukuoka City Website
Fukuoka City began providing pollen forecasts on its website on Feb. 6. The city responded to citizens' requests and added a pollen section to the web page where PM 2.5 and yellow ...
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...
Feb 6, 2019 Local News
Port of Hakata Reports Record Number of Shipping Containers
The Port of Hakata announced on January 31 that their facility handled more than one million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for the first time in 2018. Metal products were among t...
Feb 5, 2019 Local News
Sports Tourism Set to Grow in Kyushu
The Kyushu Economic Research Center (KERC) issued a white paper on January 31, outlining how sports tourism could help draw in new visitors to the region. KREC believes that there ...
Feb 5, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka City Retail Sales Up
According to a report by the Japan Department Stores Association, in 2018, sales at four department stores in Fukuoka City totaled ¥212 billion, or 2.9% more than the year before. ...
Feb 2, 2019 Local News
Yamakasa Floats To Be Displayed At G20 Meetings
The Hakata Gion Yamakasa Promotion Association held a new year's meeting on Jan. 28 and announced their intention to display special Yamakasa floats during the G20 gatherings in Ju...
Feb 2, 2019 Local News
Committee to Support Hakata Redevelopment
JR Kyushu announced on January 25 plans to establish a committee of 15 companies that own land around Hakata Station. The group will explore what measures can be put in place to ge...
Feb 2, 2019 Local News
Nishitetsu Highway Bus to Use Alipay and Wechat Pay
In a press release on Jan. 30, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co Ltd. announced the introduction of a smartphone payment system for their expressway bus route between Saga Airport and Fukuo...
Feb 1, 2019 Local News
First Tenjin Big Bang Building Construction Started
Construction of the first “Tenjin Big Bang” building has begun. On Jan. 29, Fukuoka Jisho Co., Ltd., announced the groundbreaking for Tenjin Business Center and the outline of its ...