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Jan 17, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka-based Gas Station Company Pivots To Pizza
Fukuoka-based gasoline retailer, Shin-Idemitsu Co., Ltd., announced its entrance into the pizza-delivery business. The operator of IDEX gas stations recently purchased 100% of Pizz...
Jan 17, 2022 Local News
Students in Fukuoka Produce Skincare Creme
Students from Fukuoka University and four other universities and colleges launched Yoshimi's skincare brand. The team is part of the Breakthrough student society that aims to nurtu...
Jan 7, 2022 Local News
New Fixed-rate Service For Export Packages From Fukuoka’s Ports
Kyushu Economic Federation partnered with Fukuoka Sonoriku in providing a new freight service, ‘Tsunagaru Bin,’ for export products. To boost small-scale exports (max. 50 boxes) fr...
Dec 24, 2021 Local News
German Insurance To Invest In Fukuoka Residential Market
Allianz's German-based international insurance company plans to invest approximately ¥220 billion to purchase rental apartments in Fukuoka and other cities in Japan. The company ai...
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 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 14, 2021 Local News
Kyushu-Okinawa Food Businesses Post Decreased Sales
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank announced the sales ranking for Kyushu and Okinawa-based restaurant businesses for the fiscal year of 2020. A record number (35) of the top 5...
Dec 8, 2021 Local News
NTT West Uses Kyudai AI Tech For Education Trial
NTT West is conducting a trial on improving education quality using a Kyushu-University-developed AI system. The Learning Analytics program evaluates each student’s level of unders...
Dec 3, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Trading Company First To Resume Export of Melons To USA
Kyushu Agricultural Products Trading Co. announced the first export of domestic melons to America. Thirty melons from Ibaraki Prefecture were shipped out from Japan on Nov. 24, onl...
Nov 24, 2021 Local News
Belgium Shows Interest In Doing Business in Kyushu
The Embassy and Consulates of Belgium in Japan held a gathering to accelerate economic interaction with Kyushu. The country boasts strength in logistics, biotechnologies, and other...