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Mar 7, 2015 Local News
Deadline For Old Nishitetsu Bus Card Refunds Approaching
Nishitetsu announced that Mar. 31 is the deadline to get refunds on any of its old magnetic bus cards. The cards came into use in 1992 but were phased out with the adoption of the ...
Mar 6, 2015 Local News
Canal City Muji Reopens & New Nishidori Shop Too!
On Mar. 5 Tokyo-based retailer Muji reopened its revamped Canal City shop. The newly renovated shop includes a 30,000-volume-strong Muji Books section and Open Muji, a space for wo...
Mar 1, 2015 Local News
KERC Releases Annual White Paper
The Kyushu Economic Research Council (KERC) has released its white paper for fiscal 2015. According to the report, suburbanization has reached a turning point given the declining o...
Mar 1, 2015 Local News
Nishitetsu To Team Up With JA On Agribusiness Venture
Nishitetsu announced that it will establish a joint agricultural venture with the Federation of Japanese Agricultural Cooperatives (JA Zenno) in March. The aim is to train new farm...
Feb 28, 2015 Local News
Experiment Aims To Ease Taxi Congestion in Fukuoka
The Fukuoka City Taxi Association, City Hall and the Fukuoka Prefectural Police are teaming up on a social experiment to halve the number of taxis waiting to pick up passengers at ...
Feb 26, 2015 Local News
City Adds New Section To Prepare For 2016 Lions Club Convention
In preparation for the 99th Lions Club International Convention that will be held in Fukuoka next year, City Hall will add a new section dedicated to the event. The convention is e...
Feb 26, 2015 Local News
Most JR Kyushu Lines Are In The Red
In an interview with Nishinippon Shimbun, JR Kyushu revealed that 19 of its 20 train lines are operating in the red, including the Kagoshima Line, the company’s biggest line in ter...
Feb 25, 2015 Local News
Local NPO Releases Biz Manner App For Foreigners
Fukuoka-based Asia Monozukuri Institute, a non-profit organization involved in personnel training and staffing, has developed a free smartphone app to teach business etiquette to f...
Feb 24, 2015 Local News
City May Shutter Sunpalace
Fukuoka City is considering closing Sunpalace to make way for a new convention center as part of its waterfront redevelopment plan. The 2,300-seat event space opened in 1981 and ha...
Feb 23, 2015 Local News
Kyushu Retailers Prepare For Lunar New Year Travellers
Shopping centers and department stores throughout Kyushu have beefed up services targeting foreign visitors in preparation for Chinese and Korean tourists expected to spend their L...