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Sep 5, 2022 Local News
Typhoon No. 11 Transportation Service Cancellations in Fukuoka
Transportation Announcements Related Typhoon No. 11 (as of 5:30 p.m., September 5)...
Sep 5, 2022 Local News
Typhoon No. 11 Approaching Northern Kyushu From This Evening
Large and extremely strong Typhoon No. 11 is moving northward over the East China Sea and is expected to approach northern Kyushu from this evening through tomorrow...
Sep 2, 2022 Local News
Aeon Kyushu To Develop Supermarket With Dispensing Pharmacy
Aeon Kyushu is developing compact supermarkets with dispensing pharmacies in response to Japan’s aging population and consumers’ health consciousness. Aeon Kyushu announced...
Aug 26, 2022 Local News
Local Businesses Express Optimism as Restrictions on Overseas Tourism Resumes
The Bank of Japan's Fukuoka Branch held a "financial round-table meeting" attended by BOJ Head Office Council Member Nakamura and local business leaders, where they exchanged...
Jul 29, 2022 Local News
Record High Agricultural Exports from Kyushu
Export of agricultural and fishery products from Kyushu topped ¥100 billion for the first time. According to the 2022 report by the Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration Offi...
Jul 26, 2022 Local News
JR Kyushu To Suspend Train Services Due To Difficulty In Securing Crews
JR Kyushu has announced that it will suspend 12 express trains from this month to next month due to the spread of the new coronavirus among drivers and other crew members, making i...
Jun 28, 2022 Local News
Rainy Season Over in Northern Kyushu – Shortest Ever
The Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory announced at 11:00 a.m. on June 28 that the rainy season had ended in northern Kyushu. This is the earliest end of the rainy season ...
Jun 28, 2022 Local News
Kyushu Power Asks Public To Reduce Use of Electricity
Kyushu Electric Power asks customers to reduce summertime electricity use for the first time in seven years. Kyuden anticipates that electricity demand may reach the capacity due t...
Jun 27, 2022 Local News
Kumamoto, Asakura and Kokura Summer Festivals Return
Summer festivals are returning to Kyushu in the third year of dealing with the new coronavirus pandemic. In July, Kokura Gion Daiko in Kitakyushu City resumes its 400 years of trad...
Jun 22, 2022 Local News
Kyushu-Okinawa Led Nation in New Companies in 2021
A recent survey revealed that the Kyushu-Okinawa region recorded the largest number of company establishments in 2021. According to Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR,)...