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Dec 21, 2021 Local News
Kyushu University Opens New School For Employed Learners
Kyushu University announced the opening of a new school that allows students to learn while earning wages at partner companies. The Mathematics for Innovation school combines mathe...
Dec 21, 2021 Local News
COVID Vaccine Production Facility Completed in Kumamoto
Construction of KM Biologics’s new factory for COVID-19 vaccine production was completed. The facility was developed inside the pharmaceutical lab in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefect...
Dec 21, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City Encourages Use of Fringe Parking Lots
Fukuoka City encourages the use of ‘fringe parkings’ (parking lots of the surrounding area of Tenjin) to solve traffic congestion during the year-end and new-year days. Designated ...
Dec 21, 2021 Local News
New Stuffed Mentaiko Product From Onojo Company
Yamato (Yamato Bioletz,) a mentaiko producer based in Onojo City, recently debuted stuffed tarako products. The raw cod roe product is named Tarakorune and features seaweed, potato...
Dec 21, 2021 Local News
JR Queen Beetle To Be Registered in Japan
JR Kyushu Jet Ferry applied to change the country of registration of the new Queen Beetle from Panama to Japan. The Panamanian ship would gain more flexibility to serve domestic ro...
Dec 20, 2021 Local News
Asahi Breweries and Fukuoka Prefecture Partnership Announced
Asahi Breweries Ltd. announced a comprehensive partnership with Fukuoka Prefecture to mark the 100th anniversary of the company’s Hakata factory. The first such program between Asa...
Dec 20, 2021 Local News
Skyfight Fukuoka Canal City
Canal City Hakata’s first drone shop, Skyfight Fukuoka Canal City, opened on Dec. 16. In addition to selling a variety of drones and parts, the shop also offers training programs f...
Dec 17, 2021 Local News
J-Startup Kyushu To Launch Next March
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry has launched J-Startup Kyushu, an organization to facilitate government-company collaboration in promoting the creation of local s...
Dec 17, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City To Send Out ¥100,000 Subsidies To Families From Dec. 24
Fukuoka City will begin distribution of ¥100,000 subsidies for families with children on Dec. 24. The city will use the system of the existing jido-teate (child allowance) and auto...
Dec 17, 2021 Local News
Kurume Elementary Students Receive 9,000 Apples From Aomori
Twenty elementary schools in Kurume City received 9,000 apples from Aomori Prefecture. The delicious gifts convey appreciation from JA Tsugaru Mirai after the region got a lot of s...