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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
Kyuden AI Powered Smartphone Offers Points
SB Power Corp., the electricity retailer for Kyushu Electric Power and Softbank Group, introduced an electricity-saving incentive program on a trial basis. By combining AI and a un...
Feb 17, 2021 Local News
Kyushu Shinkansen 10th Anniversary Tickets Sets Debut
On Feb. 10, JR Kyushu began sales of a special train-ticket set to commemorate Kyushu Shinkansen’s 10th anniversary. Single tickets for eleven routes are packaged inside a unique t...
Feb 16, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu Discontinues Printed Time Schedules
JR Kyushu discontinued the distribution of their printed train schedule, called ‘pocket jikoku-hyo.” The free booklets have helped passengers since the days of the Japanese Nationa...
Feb 5, 2021 Local News
Record Low Applicants For Elementary School Teacher Jobs In Fukuoka
Kyushu regions marked its record-lowest job-openings-to-applicants ratios for teaching positions at elementary schools. While the national average in 2019 fell to...
Jan 29, 2021 Local News
Special JR Kyushu Shinkansen Wrapped In Wishes
A special shinkansen train will travel along the Hakata-Kagoshima route, carrying 777 wishes for a brighter future. The joint project between JR Kyushu, LINE Fukuoka, and The Nishi...
Jan 25, 2021 Local News
Jetstar Discontinues Six Routes Routes in Kyushu
Jetstar Japan Co., Ltd. announced the discontinuation of six domestic routes, including Kagoshima-Nagoya (Chubu), Fukuoka-Osaka (Kansai), and Kumamoto-Osaka, as of March. The route...
Jan 20, 2021 Local News
Shinkansen To Carry Fresh Produce From Kyushu to Kansai
A shinkansen (bullet train) trial to ship Kyushu-sourced fresh fish and other ingredients to the Kansai area will begin in February. President and Representative Director of JR Wes...
Jan 9, 2021 Local News
Snow Continues to Accumulate Across Northern Kyushu
A broad area of northern Kyushu was left under a blanket of snow after a massive cold air front flowed over the region. As of 5:00 a.m., seven-centimeter snow-covered Saga Station'...
Jan 6, 2021 Local News
258 in Kyushu To Celebrate 100th Anniversaries
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank Ltd. reported that as many as 258 companies in Kyushu and Okinawa will mark their hundredth anniversaries during 2021. Eighty-three of them, ...