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Apr 26, 2012 Local News
China’s SSS Airlines to Boost Saga-Shanghai Flights
Low cost carrier SSS Airlines of China has applied to the Japanese government to add one flight in July to its twice-weekly roundtrip charter flight schedule between Saga and Shang...
Apr 26, 2012 Local News
Hawaiian Airlines Starts Fukuoka – Honolulu Round Trips
Hawaiian Airlines has begun regular round trip service between Honolulu and Fukuoka City. There will be one flight a day. The airline began service because they anticipate increase...
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Price Competition Heats Up on Busan – Kyushu Transportation Routes
Increasing competition is driving down travel costs between Busan, South Korea, and Kyushu. Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer announced it will cut round-trip airfares between Kit...
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Multilingual Disaster Preparedness Handbook
Fukuoka Pref. released a multilingual handbook for disaster consultation and disaster recovery. The handbook contains data in 5 languages- English, Chinese, Korean,Tagalog and simp...
Apr 19, 2012 Local News
Delta Air Fukuoka-Honolulu Flights Increase
Delta Airlines will increase flights from Fukuoka to Honolulu in the upcoming summer months. Their June flight schedule will increase from no flights to four flights per week, and ...
Apr 12, 2012 Local News
Only Fukuoka Fails to Introduce New Statistical Methods for Tourism Policies in Kyushu
The Japan Tourism Agency instituted standards for the statistical measurement of tourism by each prefecture in 2009. The standards for measuring the number of tourists, as well as...
Apr 12, 2012 Local News
Three JR Companies Sell Joint Rail Passes to Foreigners
JR Kyushu, JR West Japan, and JR Shikoku announced the launch of sales of the JR Sanyo-Shikoku-Kyushu Rail Pass for foreigners for use on the trains it operates, including the Shin...
Apr 5, 2012 Local News
Starflyer Pitches First Overseas Flight in Busan
Kitakyushu-based airline Starflyer held a conference in Busan, South Korea, for local travel agents to provide details for its first regularly scheduled international flight, which...
Apr 3, 2012 Local News
New Ferry to Remote Nagasaki Islands
On Apr. 1, Kyushu Yusen launched a new ferry service- connecting Hakata with the Tsushima & Iki Islands (Nagasaki Prefecture). The “Kizuna” ferry takes around 4.5 hours to reach Na...
Mar 29, 2012 Local News
JR Kyushu to Develop Rechargeable Battery Trains
JR Kyushu announced it will start work to develop trains powered by rechargeable battery packs as replacements for the diesel engine trains running on tracks without overhead power...
