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Aug 1, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka City Marina Offers Next-Generation Biofuel for Fueling
A demonstration was held at Nishi Fukuoka Marina Marinoa in Fukuoka City's Nishi Ward in which next-generation biofuel derived from microorganisms is used as fuel for ships. Suseto...
Aug 1, 2022 Local News
KidZania Fukuoka Opens and Quickly Sells Out
KidZania Fukuoka, a theme park where children can experience various occupations, has opened. KidZania Fukuoka is located inside LaLaport Fukuoka in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, and....
Jul 29, 2022 Local News
Nishitetsu Store’s First Unmanned Shop
Nishitetsu Store’s first unmanned shop opened inside an office building in Chuo Ward. The Satellite Shop of Reganet Cute Akasaka is located inside a tiny corner of the Mitsui Sumit...
Jul 29, 2022 Local News
Giant Interactive Piano Stairway In Fukuoka
In cooperation with Fukuoka City, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. has installed a giant "stairway piano" that resembles a piano keyboard on the stairs (in front of Solaria Vision) ...
Jul 28, 2022 Local News
ANA and 7-Eleven to Provide Drone Delivery Service to Remote Islands
ANA Holdings and 7-Eleven Japan announced on July 27 that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to start a delivery service using drones in fiscal 2025...
Jul 28, 2022 Local News
Cambridge Innovation Center To Open in Fukuoka
U.S.-based Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) will open a base to support entrepreneurs in Tenjin, Fukuoka City, in a building complex being reconstructed in Tenjin. This will be CI...
Jul 27, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka City to Expand 4th Inoculation to Health Care Workers and Others
Based on the national government's policy, Fukuoka City has decided to expand the number of people eligible for the fourth round of vaccination against the new strain of Corona...
Jul 26, 2022 Local News
World’s First Netflix Animation Production Zone in KidZania Fukuoka
Netflix’s first animation production studio for kids worldwide will open in KidZania Fukuoka on July 30. The collaboration would allow kids to explore the world of stop motion anim...
Jul 25, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka City & Toyota To Trial On-Demand Taxi Service
Social trials of new on-demand transportation services will begin in three different areas in Fukuoka City in the fall of 2022. The city chose one of Toyota’s group companies, Aisi...
Jul 25, 2022 Local News
Art Event Ongoing at North Tenjin Before Renovation
North Tenjin, which opened on June 28, 2012, will close on August 28 for renovation work to integrate with the next-door Mina Tenjin and reopen next spring. The art project...
