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Apr 27, 2022 Local News
Former Kaishima Residence Reopened as Tea House
The former residence of the Kaijima Family in Minami Ward, Fukuoka City, was renovated into an urban park. Takamiya Garden opened on Apr. 1 after converting and renovating the hist...
Apr 27, 2022 Local News
Inflow of Head Offices in Fukuoka Exceeds Outflow for Fifth Consecutive Year
The Fukuoka Branch of Teikoku Databank announced that 57 companies relocated their headquarters from elsewhere in Japan to Fukuoka Prefecture in 2021, compared to 45 that moved out...
Apr 26, 2022 Local News
New Outlet Mall To Open on Former Space World Site
The Outlets Kitakyushu will open on the site of the former Space World in Kitakyushu City on April 28 as one of the largest outlet stores in Kyushu, with approximately...
Apr 26, 2022 Local News
Quantum Dots Technology To Build Plant in Itoshima
Fukuoka Prefecture has signed an agreement with a company to build a factory for next-generation quantum dots technology in Itoshima City. Shoei Chemical Industry (Tokyo) will inve...
Apr 26, 2022 Local News
First Banana Harvest in Omuta City
A company in Omuta City began growing bananas in May of last year and finished its first harvest this week. The company has outsourced some of its operations to a group company tha...
Apr 26, 2022 Local News
Golden Week Traffic Predicted To Be High
The Golden Week holiday weekend will soon be upon us. Although there will be no restrictions on inter-prefectural travel this year, people are still being urged to take basic measu...
Apr 22, 2022 Local News
Kyuden to Build New Geothermal Power Plant in Kagoshima, Japan Construction to Begin Next June
Kyushu Electric Power Co. will begin construction of a new geothermal power plant in Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Kyushu Electric Power has been investigating underground ...
Apr 22, 2022 Local News
Daimyo Elementary School Site Named Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City
The name of the building complex, “Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City”, that will house the luxury hotel "The Ritz-Carlton" was announced yesterday. The site that was once the grounds of ...
Apr 22, 2022 Local News
Monocle Magazine Publishes Update on Fukuoka City
The May issue of the London-based Monocle magazine has a 4-page spread on Fukuoka City. Titled “Fukuoka - Business and Life in Balance,” they update readers on the Tenjin Big Bang ...
Apr 21, 2022 Local News
Kyushu’s Highest Tech Supermarket Opened in Miyawaka City
Fukuoka-based retailer Trial opened a high-tech supermarket In Miyakawa that allows customers to shop using facial recognition 24 hours a day. Users link their facial data with inf...
