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Jun 15, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City to Trial Electronic Payment System
Fukuoka City has adopted a service that will allow the public make electronic transactions at approximately 30 locations throughout the city using LINE. The cashless payment system...
Jun 14, 2018 Local News
Additional Underground Bicycle Parking in Tenjin
Fukuoka City has opened an underground parking area for bicycles located in the basement level of city hall. The parking area, called Tenjin Fureai-dori Churinjo, opened on June 9 ...
Jun 12, 2018 Local News
Sales Figures for Kyushu Department Stores and Supermarkets Released
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry have released April's preliminary sales figures for department stores and supermarkets (across 427 facilities) in the region. Incre...
Jun 11, 2018 Local News
ANA Re-introduces Fukuoka-Miyako Flight Route
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has restarted a direct flight between Fukuoka and Miyako, Okinawa following a 20-year hiatus in operations. The route was re-introduced on June 1 and will ...
Jun 11, 2018 Local News
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka Appoints New Non-Executive Directors
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka announced on June 5 that Fukuoka natives Takafumi Horie and Takeshi Aso have been appointed as non-executive directors of the team. Both business persons hav...
Jun 8, 2018 Local News
Luxury Apartments on Old Daimyo Elementary Site Eye Foreign Tenants
As part of the efforts to redevelop the site of the old Daimyo Elementary School, Sekisui House and Nishi-Nippon Railroad will build furnished luxury service apartments with an eye...
Jun 7, 2018 Local News
Decrease in Cruise Ships Using Kyushu Ports
Preliminary statistics released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Kyushu Regional Development Bureau have revealed that a total of 106 cruise ships called at ...
Jun 4, 2018 Local News
Prefecture sets up Center to Provide Disaster Information to Foreigners
Fukuoka Prefecture and the Fukuoka International Exchange Foundation have opened the Multilingual Disaster Support Center inside the Foundation’s office in ACROS Fukuoka in Tenjin....
May 31, 2018 Local News
Matcha Cheese Tarts at Bake
The hunger-enticing smell of Bake's freshly baked cheese tarts continues to fill the Tenjin Chikagai shopping arcade, attracting long lines of customers. And now there’s something ...
May 25, 2018 Local News
Rugby World Cup Seeking Volunteer Supporters
The Rugby World Cup 2019 Organizing Committee is working with the 12 host cities to attract 10,000 volunteers. If the number of applicants exceeds expectations, a ballot may be use...