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Feb 24, 2014 Local News
Kyudai and Stanford to Open New Asian Studies Center
Kyushu University has announced it will open the Center for Asia-Pacific Future Studies on March 1. The Center, which will seek to resolve issues face the Asia Pacific region, will...
Feb 21, 2014 Local News
Universal Studios Japan in KYUSHU?
Osaka-based Universal Studios Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of the American movie-based theme park, has indicated its intention to build a second park by 2020, just in time for th...
Feb 19, 2014 Local News
Jetstar Announces Daily Singapore-Bangkok-Fukuoka Route
Today (Feb. 19) Jetstar Japan Co. announced daily flights between Fukuoka and Singapore via Bangkok beginning on June 26. Fukuoka will become Jetstar’s 3rd international airport in...
Feb 19, 2014 Local News
Kyudai Seeks to Preserve Landmark Buildings
Accompanying the move of its Hakozaki Campus (Higashi Ward) facilities to Ito Campus (Nishi Ward), Kyushu University has decided to look for a buyer for the Hakozaki site who will...
Feb 19, 2014 Local News
Asahi Rolls Out Virtual Mannequins
On Feb. 17, Asahi Beer rolled out “virtual mannequins” at eight stores nationwide, including Aeon Mall Fukuoka in Kasuya Town. The mannequins consist of computer animations project...
Feb 17, 2014 Local News
Urban Expressway Tolls to Increase
The Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Expressway Public Corporation announced an increase in expressway tolls from April 1. The Fukuoka Urban Expressway fee will increase from ¥600 to ¥620 and th...
Feb 17, 2014 Local News
Prefecture to Close Tokyo Office, Rent Out Land
Fukuoka Prefecture has decided to close the Fukuoka Kaikan, an office/hotel it owns in Tokyo, by 2014 and rent out the land ahead of the 2020 Olympics. The decision was made based ...
Feb 17, 2014 Local News
Itoshima to Trial Tuk-tuk for Tourists
Itoshima City will begin a trial run of a tuk-tuk service in April as part of its efforts to boost tourism. The tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled taxi common in Southeast Asia, will be oper...
Feb 13, 2014 Local News
Kyushu Universities Join Anti-Smoking Trend
Campus-wide smoking bans are making steady progress at Japan’s universities. Led primarily by medical and pharmaceutical schools, universities are starting to teach smoking cessati...
Feb 13, 2014 Local News
Sagans Sleep in Coldest Rooms
A survey of Japan’s 47 prefectures by weather site Weathernews found that Sagans sleep in the coldest rooms at night. The survey was conducted online in January and asked questions...