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Dec 11, 2022 Local News
International Flights Resume at Other Kyushu Airports
International passenger flights are returning to Kyushu-based airports. T’way Air’s Kumamoto-Incheon route is slated to resume on Jan. 5, 2023;

Dec 11, 2022 Local News
Babies OK to Cry Sticker
A nationwide initiative to make restaurants more welcoming places for babies and their guardians was created by a woman from Chiokugo, Fukuoka.

Dec 9, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Chuo Post Office and “AEON” to be rebuilt in the 2030s
Japan Post and AEON Kyushu announced on December 8 that they had submitted an outline plan to Fukuoka City to proceed with a project to rebuild the Fukuoka Chuo Post Office and...

Dec 9, 2022 Local News
Kumamoto Castle Restoration Delayed 15 Years
On December 7, the Kumamoto Castle General Office and others held the second meeting of a committee of outside experts to review the basic restoration plan for Kumamoto Castle...

Dec 9, 2022 Local News
Genkai Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 to Resume Operations
Kyushu Electric Power Co. announced on December 7 that Genkai Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 (Genkai-machi, Saga Prefecture), which has been shut down since late January due to...

Dec 8, 2022 Local News
New Routes for Itoshima Sightseeing Bus
Itoshima City’s new sightseeing buses began trial winter operation. The Itoshima Cafe Bus and Itoshima Rekishi Bus (history bus) allow guests to hop on and off at the stops of thei...

Dec 8, 2022 Local News
Crowdfund Project Launched for Exchange Students from Afghanistan
Kyushu University is running a crowdfunding project to support 22 Afghans who fled to Fukuoka. Since December 2021, the university has accepted eight former exchange students and.....

Dec 5, 2022 Local News
Matsuda Sangyo to Build New Plant in Kitakyushu
Matsuda Sangyo, a recycler of precious metals, will build a new plant in Kitakyushu City, its first in Kyushu. Construction will begin in fiscal 2023 on a roughly 60,000 m2 site in...

Dec 5, 2022 Local News
Hong Kong-based Cram School Curioo Expands its Japan Operations with an Eye on Kyushu
Curioo, a Hong Kong-based cram school that focuses on enhancing children's creativity, is opening more schools in Kyushu. The school aims to boost skills like entrepreneurship and ...

Dec 5, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Foreign Investment Promotion Seminar to be Held Online
On Dec. 21, the Prefecture-sponsored Fukuoka Foreign Investment Promotion Seminar will be held online. Although the social situation has changed drastically due to the COVID-19 pan...