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Jun 4, 2021 Local News
Ascott Group Hotel To Open in Imaizumi
Resola Imaizumi Terrace will open on Jun 16. Located within a five-minute walk from the Tenjin Minami Station subway station and Nishitetsu Yakuin Station, the NTT-owned building w...
Jun 4, 2021 Local News
Yamakasa Decorative Floats Announced
Themes for the kazariyama decorative floats of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa 2021 festival have been announced. While the summer festival has postponed most of its activities and tradit...
Jun 3, 2021 Local News
Deloitte Opens Its First Software Development Base Outside Tokyo in Fukuoka
On June 1, Deloitte Tohmatsu Group (Deloitte Japan) announced the establishment a software development company in Tenjin, Fukuoka. Deloitte highly values the region for an infrastr...
Jun 3, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu Woman Donated One Hundred Million Yen to Board of Education
Kitakyushu City’s board of education received a ¥100 million donation from a local woman who had passed away in March at the age of ninety-seven. Having had no children on her own,...
Jun 3, 2021 Local News
Wood Shock Means Price Hike For Kyushu Lumber
Lumber scarcity in the U.S. has led to higher prices for Kyushu-produced cedar and cypress. Nationwide, lumber buyers who depend on imported lumber are now rushing to buy Kyushu-pr...
Jun 2, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu To Give Away Pixar Seat Covers
JR Kyushu is giving away headrest covers designed for its Pixar promotion-wrapped shinkansen. Customers who take the D&S Train (schedule: June/July) or place an order of ¥4,000 or ...
Jun 2, 2021 Local News
Kyushu’s First e-bank Officially Launched
Minna no Ginko, Kyushu’s first online bank owned by Fukuoka Financial Group, officially launched on May 28. The opening of accounts, money transmission, and all other...
Jun 2, 2021 Local News
Pietro Vending Machine Debuts at Koga Service Area
A vending machine offering products from Pietro was recently introduced at the Koga Service Area in Fukuoka Prefecture. Some of Pietro’s popular products, including salad dressing....
Jun 1, 2021 Local News
New Hotel Opening in Itoshima
Settle Glocal Hotel Itoshima will open on August 2. Located in the south of Kyushu University Itoshima Campus, the hotel offers eighty-two rooms, a 200-m2 convention hall, a book c...
Jun 1, 2021 Local News
Toy Museum to Open in Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City's first toy museum will open in the spring of 2022. The 1,500-m2 attraction will feature some 8,000 toys, including many wooden items for children and infants alike. A...
