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Oct 2, 2017 Local News
Difficulties in Obtaining Work Visa in Japan
Highly skilled international workers who speak Japanese are now highly sought after and viewed as prized assets. But aside from technicians, interpreters, and language teachers, it...
Oct 2, 2017 Local News
Fukuoka City Signs MOU with Singapore
Fukuoka City signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Singaporean government, which will provide mutual support to business startups through an organization called...
Sep 29, 2017 Local News
Height Restriction on Buildings Relaxed
On September 26, Fukuoka City revealed that they received permission from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to relax the height restriction for buildings in the...
Sep 29, 2017 Local News
Fukuoka City Science Museum Opens
The Fukuoka City Science Museum opened on October 1. The new facility is located on the third to sixth floors of the new Ropponmatsu 421 complex and features a...
Sep 29, 2017 Local News
Number of Foreign Visitors Entering Kyushu Reaches Record High Again
According to the Kyushu Transportation Bureau, the number of foreign visitors who entered Kyushu in the first half of this year reached...
Sep 29, 2017 Local News
Yahoo! to Open Engineering Hub in Fukuoka
Yahoo! Japan will open an engineering hub in Fukuoka City in November. The new office will be home to between 10 and 20 software engineers in charge of...
Sep 28, 2017 Local News
IDC Frontier to Expand Kitakyushu Data Center
IDC Frontier Inc., a subsidiary of Yahoo! Japan, plans to add on to its Kitakyushu Data Center, one of its two main data centers in Japan. The company opened the Kitakyushu Data Ce...
Sep 28, 2017 Local News
Zentaro Shoten Opens in Ropponmatsu 421
The well-known Hakata confectionary company Ishimura Manseido opened a new store called Zentaro Shoten on the first floor of recently opened Ropponmatsu 421 commercial complex. Ish...
Sep 27, 2017 Local News
Bank of Japan Fukuoka Branch Reconstruction to Start
The Bank of Japan announced plans to reconstruct its branch in Fukuoka. The work will cost approximately ¥8 billion and will start this October, with the aim of finishing the proje...
Sep 27, 2017 Local News
Space World Shuttle – Yours For ¥1 Billion
Kitakyushu amusement park Space World announced that they will hand over the real-sized space shuttle model (60 meters in height) to anyone who will offer ¥1 billion in...