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Apr 24, 2018 Local News
Apartments Sold in Kyushu Increase
A total of 6,671 condominiums were sold across the seven prefectures in Kyushu during 2017, which represented an 8% increase compared to the previous year. Kumamoto Prefecture expe...
Apr 23, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka Growth Next Celebrates 1st Year Anniversary
Fukuoka Growth Next (FGN), a facility that supports ventures and new start-ups, celebrated their one year anniversary this April. The public-private initiative has raised seven tim...
Apr 19, 2018 Local News
Yaskawa Electric Announce Record Sales Figures
On April 12, Yaskawa Electric Corporation revealed their financial takings for the previous fiscal year until February 2018. Yaskawa saw their sales rise by 17.6% to ¥448.5 billion...
Apr 18, 2018 Local News
Nishitetsu Acquire New Zealand Logistics Company
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd (Nishitetsu) announced that they will acquire a 90% share in a logistics company based in New Zealand this April. Nishitetsu will purchase a stak...
Apr 11, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City to Provide Subsidies for International Entrepreneurs
Fukuoka City will offer financial support to international entrepreneurs to help with the cost of accommodation and office space for up to a year. Recipients can receive support fo...
Apr 10, 2018 Local News
New Record Sales Figures for JR Hakata City
JR Hakata City released its sales figures for the 2017 financial year. Total sales for the seven facilities on the station premises, which include Amu Plaza and Hakata Hankyu, reac...
Apr 5, 2018 Local News
Business Sentiment Falls in Kyushu
The Fukuoka branch of the Bank of Japan announced that business sentiment has fallen in Kyushu and Okinawa, according to Japan's quarterly short-term economic survey (tankan for sh...
Mar 30, 2018 Local News
Bidding for the Seika Ichiba Site
Fukuoka City is no longer accepting bids from companies and private enterprises looking to purchase the site of the former Seika Ichiba (market). The 8.7 hectare plot of land is lo...
Mar 30, 2018 Local News
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Might Open in Tenjin
Fukuoka City has announced that a group of private enterprises including Sekisui House and Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (Nishitetsu) were awarded first refusal in negotiations t...
Mar 28, 2018 Local News
New Multipurpose Building to Open in Hakata Next Fall
JR Kyushu has announced plans to build a multipurpose building in Hakata Ward, with a luxury version of its Blossom Hotel as the core tenant. Located on Hakata Ekimae-dori Ave. in ...