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Feb 12, 2019 Local News
App for Unlicensed Taxis to be Tested in Goto
A new system to provide tourists with better transportation by local drivers will be tested in Hisaka Island, Goto City. According to an announcement by Goto Azit Inc., the company...
Feb 8, 2019 Local News
Saibu Gas Enters Thailand’s Real Estate Market
Saibu Gas Co., Ltd. has entered the real estate market in Thailand. According to the company's announcement on Feb. 4, they will mainly target upper-class customers and will start ...
Feb 7, 2019 Local News
Restaurant and Cafe Revenues up in Kyushu and Okinawa
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank has released revenue rankings for companies operating restaurants in the Kyushu-Okinawa area for 2017. Sales revenue for the top 50 ranked co...
Feb 6, 2019 Local News
Sagan Tosu’s Stadium Gets a New Name: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
The new name for the Sagan Tosu’s home stadium was announced on Feb. 1. The real estate company in Kurume City, Ekimae Real Estate Holdings Co., Ltd. won the naming rights agreemen...
Feb 6, 2019 Local News
Shiseido Announces the Construction of a Large Factory in Kurume
Shiseido Japan Co., Ltd. has announced the construction of a new factory in Kurume City. The factory will be built on a 97,000-square-meter area in Kurume Ukiha Industrial Complex,...
Feb 5, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka City Retail Sales Up
According to a report by the Japan Department Stores Association, in 2018, sales at four department stores in Fukuoka City totaled ¥212 billion, or 2.9% more than the year before. ...
Feb 2, 2019 Local News
Efforts to Improve Access to Remote Islands in Kyushu
The Kyushu Department of Transportation announced on January 24 that they will establish a new organization to help improve access to remote islands in the region. The decision was...
Feb 2, 2019 Local News
Committee to Support Hakata Redevelopment
JR Kyushu announced on January 25 plans to establish a committee of 15 companies that own land around Hakata Station. The group will explore what measures can be put in place to ge...
Feb 2, 2019 Local News
Nishitetsu Highway Bus to Use Alipay and Wechat Pay
In a press release on Jan. 30, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co Ltd. announced the introduction of a smartphone payment system for their expressway bus route between Saga Airport and Fukuo...
Feb 1, 2019 Local News
First Tenjin Big Bang Building Construction Started
Construction of the first “Tenjin Big Bang” building has begun. On Jan. 29, Fukuoka Jisho Co., Ltd., announced the groundbreaking for Tenjin Business Center and the outline of its ...