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Sep 28, 2017 Local News
IDC Frontier to Expand Kitakyushu Data Center
IDC Frontier Inc., a subsidiary of Yahoo! Japan, plans to add on to its Kitakyushu Data Center, one of its two main data centers in Japan. The company opened the Kitakyushu Data Ce...
Sep 27, 2017 Local News
Bank of Japan Fukuoka Branch Reconstruction to Start
The Bank of Japan announced plans to reconstruct its branch in Fukuoka. The work will cost approximately ¥8 billion and will start this October, with the aim of finishing the proje...
Sep 26, 2017 Local News
Popular Robot-staffed Hotel Coming To Fukuoka
According to sources, Henn-na Hotel, the robot-staffed hotel that travel giant H.I.S. opened in July 2015 at the Huis Ten Bosch amusement park in Sasebo, Nagasaki, is coming to Fuk...
Sep 25, 2017 Local News
New Fukuoka Airport Management Selection Progressing
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on September 15 that the initial stage in selecting an organization to take over the management of Fukuoka Air...
Sep 25, 2017 Local News
Tourist Consumption in Kyushu & Okinawa up 21 Percent
The Fukuoka branch of the Bank of Japan announced that spending amongst tourists visiting Kyushu and Okinawa during 2016 reached ¥592.7 billion, a 21% rise from the...
Sep 22, 2017 Local News
Canon to Open New Factory in Miyazaki
Canon announced plans to construct a digital camera factory on the former site of Minami Kyushu University’s Takenabe-cho campus. The company also revealed that...
Sep 20, 2017 Local News
Solaria Stage to Undergo Major Renovation
Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. announced that Solaria Stage Building will undergo a large scale renovation, which will increase the floor span of the commercial facility by...
Sep 12, 2017 Local News
146-Year Old House Converted into Student Dorm
An old Japanese house lying adjacent to Kyushu University's Ito Campus was refurbished and turned into a student dormitory. Since 2005...
Sep 8, 2017 Local News
Fukuoka Mitsukoshi Celebrates 20th Year
Fukuoka Mitsukoshi will mark their 20th anniversary with a ceremony on September 26. The event will take place in Lion Hiroba, which is currently...
Sep 5, 2017 Local News
Women Fill 6.6% of Management Positions in Kyushu
The Fukuoka branch of the Teikoku Databank revealed the results of a survey into employment attitudes and practices in Kyushu. A total of 714 companies responded out of...