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Oct 9, 2025 Local News
Fukuoka Hosts Global Startup and Investor Exchange Week
Fukuoka City is hosting a weeklong international startup event featuring over 60 programs and exhibitions across...
Oct 8, 2025 Local News
Food Expo Kyushu Draws Global Buyers
Food Expo Kyushu opened on October 6 at Fukuoka International Center, featuring over 300 regional specialties from Kyushu and Yamaguchi...
Oct 7, 2025 Local News
Business Bankruptcies Hit 10-Year High In Kitakyushu-Chikuho
Corporate bankruptcies in Kitakyushu and Chikuho reached 80 cases from April to September—the highest in a decade...
Oct 7, 2025 Local News
Nishitetsu To Develop Office Tower In Mumbai
Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) will join a project to develop a 12-story office building in Mumbai, its first overseas office property venture...
Oct 7, 2025 Local News
Kyushu Symphony Targets Surplus by 2026
The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra has appointed Hisashi Goto, president of Fukuoka Bank, as its new chair. At his first press conference...
Oct 7, 2025 Local News
Kyushu-Okinawa Business Outlook Weakens
The Bank of Japan’s September Tankan survey showed business sentiment in Kyushu and Okinawa falling to...
Oct 2, 2025 Local News
Kitakyushu Bento Maker Changes Hands
Tochikuken, the Kitakyushu-based company behind the famed “kashiwameshi” chicken bento, has transferred its business to Osako Holdings...
Oct 2, 2025 Local News
Nomura To Build Logistics Hub In Kitakyushu
Nomura Real Estate announced plans for a multi-tenant logistics facility in Kitakyushu, scheduled for completion in September 2027...
Oct 2, 2025 Local News
Taiwan Firm To Build Large Data Center In Kagoshima
Taiwan’s CDIB Capital Group, in partnership with Satsumasendai City and Kyushu Electric Group’s Circular Park Kyushu, announced plans for...
Sep 26, 2025 Local News
40% Of Fukuoka Firms Fear Tariff Impact
A Fukuoka Prefecture survey of over 1,000 small and mid-sized firms found that 8.6% are already affected by U.S. tariffs under...
