Local News

The name of the new Hakata Station Building set to open with the start of service of the Kyushu Shinkansen in March 2011 is to be JR Hakata City, it was learned. The building will have 10 floors above ground, three basement levels, and occupy 200,000 square meters. There are expected to be about 200 commercial facilities, including the Hakata Hankyu Department Store. There will also be a movie theater, the satellite campus of a university, and a satellite studio of an FM radio station.