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Mar 1, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka-based Colleges and Universities Prepare to Welcome Exchange Students
Universities and colleges in Fukuoka are preparing to accept new exchange students as the national government takes steps to ease pandemic-related immigration restrictions. Fukuoka...
Feb 25, 2022 Local News
JR Kyushu To Resume Hiring Graduates
JR Kyushu intends to resume its annual recruiting process for the fiscal year of 2023. Last year, the company canceled such a process for the first time after it was incorporated i...
Feb 25, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Ranks As Second Most Desirable Place to Relocate in Japan
A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization, Furusato Kaiki Shien Center, published a 2021 ranking of popular prefectures for relocators, and Fukuoka ranked second. Other Kyushu prefectur...
Feb 25, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Collecting Crossbows Ahead of Ban
Fukuoka Prefectural Police collecting crossbows (*) brought in by individuals as Japan’s revised Firearms and Swords Control Law comes into effect from Mar. 15. The new rules would...
Feb 24, 2022 Local News
Kyuden Introduces Donation System For Green Projects
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden) recently introduced a new rate system that incorporates a ¥300 monthly donation to a green project. The first phase of Kyuden’s ‘Mirai no M...
Feb 24, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka City Ranks Highly In National Survey
Chuo Ward of Fukuoka City ranked fifth in the ‘conscious towns ranking’ by Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. The project ranks dynamic urban towns in Japan by 14 criteria, includi...
Feb 22, 2022 Local News
Finnair To Resume Fukuoka-Helsinki Flights From July 2022
On Feb. 18 Finnair updated its 2022 Summer Schedule including the resumption of summer-only flights from July 2022.
Feb 22, 2022 Local News
JR Kyushu To Appoint New President
Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) will appoint Yoji Furumiya as its new President & CEO as of April 1st, 2022. The 59-year-old native of Fukuoka joined the former Japanese National Ra...
Feb 22, 2022 Local News
Kyushu’s First Tesla Store Opens in Momochi
Tesla's first dealership in Kyushu will open inside the Mark Is shopping center in Momochihama, Fukuoka City. The sixth Japanese dealership of the world’s largest EV manufacturer w...
Feb 22, 2022 Local News
Miyazaki-beef Company To Supply Halal Beef for Export
Miyachiku, a JA group company selling Miyazaki beef, announced the opening of a halal meat factory in Saito City of Miyazaki Prefecture. While the overall export of domestic beef c...