Local News

Kyushu’s department stores conducted special sales in October and November to celebrate the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks’ victory in the Japan Series. The results of those sales have now been made public. Revenues at the three department stores in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka City have been below year-before levels since the opening of the new JR Hakata Station building. They climbed to double-digit rises year-on-year during the period of the sales, however. The Hakata Daimaru store posted a 34% increase from the previous year during their sale in commemoration of the national championship.