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Mar 1, 2019 Local News
Nishitetsu Announces Four New Routes From Fukuoka Airport
Nishitetsu announced on Feb. 27 the opening of four new routes for its expressway bus service to improve the accessibility to and from Fukuoka Airport. Coinciding with the privatiz...
Feb 28, 2019 Local News
Sarah Àlainn Appointed as Special Ambassador of Kyushu National Museum
An international musician from Australia, Sarah Àlainn, was assigned as a special ambassador of Kyushu National Museum. The singer-and-violinist had been collaborating with the mu...
Feb 28, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka City Subway Station Naming Revised
Fukuoka City Subway Ohorikoen (Ohori Park) Station will be also known as “Fukuoka Art Museum Station” from Mar. 7. The Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau will assign the additional...
Feb 28, 2019 Local News
Former Space World Site to Host City’s Science Museum
Kitakyushu City announced on Feb. 25 plans to move the city's science museum to a new shopping complex that will be constructed by 2021 on the former Space World site by Aeon. The ...
Feb 27, 2019 Local News
Lawson Smartphone Pay Service Rolls Out in Kyushu
"Lawson Smartphone Pay" went into service at 19 shops in the Kyushu area on Feb. 22. Customers can scan barcodes on the products using their own smartphones and pay online either w...
Feb 27, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Game Contest GFF Award Registration Opens
Registration for viewing seats at the GFF Award 2019 has begun. The twelfth edition of the game contest, presented by Fukuoka City, Kyushu University and a joint organization of ga...
Feb 25, 2019 Local News
Nishitetsu’s Midterm Plans for 2019~2021 Released
Nishitetsu has released its mid-term plan for the 2019~2021 fiscal years. Including the company's recently expanded businesses, which include real estate and its hotel business in ...
Feb 22, 2019 Local News
Record Low Office Vacancies for Office Space in Fukuoka
According to a report by Miki Shoji Co., Ltd., office vacancies in the central area of the Fukuoka City as of the end of January 2019 decreased to 1.89%. It was the first time in 2...
Feb 22, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Acquires 10% Stake in Airport
On Feb. 18 Fukuoka Prefecture officially signed an agreement with Fukuoka International Airport Co., Ltd. to acquire 10% (¥3.5 billion) of the company’s stock. Governor Hiroshi Oga...
Feb 22, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka City Announced Support for a Waste Disposal Facility in Yangon City
On Feb. 21 Fukuoka City announced plans to support the construction of a waste disposal facility in Yangon City using an ecology-conscious waste landfill method, “the Fukuoka Metho...