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May 15, 2012 Local News
The Beetle’s New Hakata~Korea Route
On May 12, JR Kyushu began running high powered boat, the “Beetle” between Hakata Port and Yeosu, Korea. The new route ties in with the opening of an World Fair Expo taking place i...
May 9, 2012 Local News
Hakata Ippudo Opens in Taiwan
Fukuoka’s famous ramen shop, Hakata Ippudo opened in Taiwan on May 3! The launch received a warm reception, with people lined up outside the store before opening. The new Taiwan lo...
May 9, 2012 Local News
Open Top Bus Numbers Hit 10K
Fukuoka’s Open Top Bus recorded over 10,000 passengers on May 7, only 45 days since launching on March 24! The figure reaches Nishitetsu’s goal of 10,000 one week earlier than expe...
May 8, 2012 Local News
Beetle Passengers Soar Over Golden Week
JR Kyushu reported an increased passenger load on their high-speed ships between Busa and Fukuoka route during Golden Week. Due to the strong value of the yen, the number of Japane...
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...
