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Jan 29, 2020 Local News
More Swimming Pools to be Utilized for Students
Fukuoka City Education Committee is considering outsourcing swimming classes for elementary schools. While swimming is one of the required subjects at PE classes of elementary scho...
Jan 29, 2020 Local News
Cruise Ships From China Cancel Calls to Kyushu
Cancellations of cruise tours have begun to hit ports around Kyushu. A cruise from China arrived at Hakata Port in the morning of Jan. 27 after departing just before the Chinese go...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu’s New High Trimaran to Begin Service in July
JR Kyushu has announced that reservations for the Queen Beetle will begin on January 30. As the world's first 80m class trimaran it will connect Fukuoka to Busan in 3 hours and 40 ...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Continues Investment in Backup Electrical Preparation
Fukuoka City is planning to strengthen its electricity backup resources for times of emergencies. To be able to provide electricity at evacuation shelters, the city has proposed a ...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Drops out of First Place with Cruise Ships
The number of cruise ships calling on Hakata Port in 2019 dropped to 229, pushing Fukuoka out of first place in the number of cruise ship calls in Japan. According to an announceme...
Jan 28, 2020 Local News
Nishitetsu to Road Test Self-Driving Buses
Two self-drive buses belonging to Nishitetsu Bus will soon be road tested in Kitakyushu City. According to the company's announcement on January 23, a microbus with a capacity of 3...
Jan 24, 2020 Local News
The Rail Kitchen Chikugo
The Rail Kitchen Chikugo, a kitchen-equipped train operated by Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., connects the Nishitetsu stations of Tenjin and Omuta. For nearly a year since its de...
Jan 24, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to List up Unused Lands
Fukuoka Prefecture said it would develop a database of lands potentially available for urban development projects. A list of unused properties and not-fully utilized buildings owne...
Jan 23, 2020 Local News
Two More Properties Added to Tenjin Big Bang Project
The Tenjin Nishi-dori Business Center and the Sumitomo Seimei Fukuoka Building will join...
Jan 23, 2020 Local News
Utility Poles To Be Taken Down To Save View
Fukuoka City is said to be planning to remove utility poles from some areas of the Shikanoshima and...