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Jan 6, 2017 Local News
ANA And JAL Plan to Play Part in Fukuoka Airport Management
Fukuoka Airport is going to be privatised in 2019 and a new company is to be formed by local and domestic companies to...
Jan 6, 2017 Local News
JR Chikuhi Line to Test New Platform Safety Door
Minoru Mukiya, the ex-keyboard player of popular Japanese fusion band called Casiopea, has designed lighter subway platform safety doors that ...
Jan 6, 2017 Local News
First Tenjin Big Bang Project to Start
Fukuoka City has announced the first project to be carried out under the auspices of the Tenjin Big Bang Project. The first building will be...
Dec 20, 2016 Local News
28 New Fukuoka Yatai Selected
Fukuoka City has announced the 28 yatai (mobile food stalls) that were were selected out of a field of 108 applicants...
Dec 16, 2016 Local News
Ichiran to Complete Dazaifu Refurb
On Dec. 22, Ichiran Dazaifu Sando will complete the renovations of their gift shop, transforming into a fully fledged ramen restaurant...
Dec 15, 2016 Local News
Kumamon Cafe to Open in Shanghai
A Kumamon cafe called ‘Kuma Cafe’ will open in Shanghai at the end of the month. The shop will sell Kumamoto and Kumamon-themed goods and...
Dec 14, 2016 Local News
Ringer Hut Opens First Restaurant in Indonesia
On Dec. 15, the Nagasaki champon chain restaurant, Ringer Hut, opened nine new restaurants including its first branch in Jakarta...
Dec 14, 2016 Local News
600 Million Yen Worth of Gold Stolen in Hakata
It has recently been disclosed that about 600 million yen worth of gold was stolen on a street in front of JR Hakata Station in the spring of 2016...
Dec 8, 2016 Local News
Ichiran at Fukuoka Airport Opens on Dec. 8
The famous tonkotsu ramen restaurant, Ichiran, will open a long awaited 65th restaurant at Fukuoka Airport on Thursday, Dec. 8 (today)...
Dec 7, 2016 Local News
Fukuoka City Minpaku Rules Updated – New Permit Accepting Applications
On Dec. 1, new laws regarding minpaku - short-term rentals of private accomodation to paying guests - came into force...