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Mar 2, 2021 Local News
Costco Kumamoto To Open on April 1st
The Costco Kumamoto Mifune will open to the public on Apr. 1. The warehouse-styled retail outlet accepts Costco memberships' applications, with a special ¥1,000 discount...

Mar 1, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Announces Details for First Week Post SOE
Fukuoka Prefecture was amongst six prefectures to lift the SOE on February 28, one week earlier than previously planned. Fukuoka Prefecture will continue ongoing requests for busin...

Feb 26, 2021 Local News
85 People Move To Kitakyushu City – A New Record
A record-high number of people moved to Kitakyushu City in the past ten months. The city revealed that the number of people who moved to the city in the fiscal year of 2020 reached...

Feb 26, 2021 Local News
New Commercial Facility Opens in Nagahama
A new commercial facility opened in the Nagahama area of Fukuoka City. The opening of Kitera Town Fukuoka Nagahama will make living in Nagahama much more convenient. Sunny supermar...

Feb 26, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu Cancels Recruitment for Fiscal 2021
JR Kyushu has canceled recruitment activities to acquire new staff for the fiscal year of 2021. On Feb. 25, the company announced its first such cancelation in thirty-four years. T...

Feb 26, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu Carries Cargo on Shinkansen Passenger Seats
JR Kyushu Railway Company and Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. are set to begin shinkansen (bullet train) parcel shipping services in May 2021. On Feb. 24, the two companies conducted a tr...

Feb 26, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Gubernatorial Set for April 11
Fukuoka’s next gubernatorial election is scheduled for April 11. The election period will begin officially on Mar. 25, the day after the resignation of the present governor, Hirosh...

Feb 26, 2021 Local News
New Association Established to Support Export of Kyushu’s Authentic Shochu and Awamori
Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced it would establish an organization to promote exports of local shochu and awamori. To back up international marketing of the...

Feb 25, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu Rail Passes Temporarily Available Resident Foreign Nationals
Following the lead of JR East, JR Kyushu launched two discounted rail passes for foreign passport holders living in Japan. These rail passes (including shinkansen bullet trains) an...

Feb 25, 2021 Local News
Aburayama Citizen’s Forest Park Facilities to be Refreshed
Fukuoka City announced a plan for the renovation facilities within Aburayama Citizen’s Forest. Aiming to meet the next fifty years’ needs, the park will undergo reconstruction of b...