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Pollen Forecasts Posted on Fukuoka City Website
Fukuoka City began providing pollen forecasts on its website on Feb. 6. The city responded to citizens' requests and added a pollen section to the web page where PM 2.5 and yellow ...
Kyushu University to Require CEFR Score of A2
Scores of CEFR will be a new requirement for applicants on entrance exams for Kyushu University from 2021. The university announced in late December that all applicants for the uni...
Port of Hakata Reports Record Number of Shipping Containers
The Port of Hakata announced on January 31 that their facility handled more than one million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for the first time in 2018. Metal products were among t...
Sports Tourism Set to Grow in Kyushu
The Kyushu Economic Research Center (KERC) issued a white paper on January 31, outlining how sports tourism could help draw in new visitors to the region. KREC believes that there ...
Fukuoka City Retail Sales Up
According to a report by the Japan Department Stores Association, in 2018, sales at four department stores in Fukuoka City totaled ¥212 billion, or 2.9% more than the year before. ...
Yamakasa Floats To Be Displayed At G20 Meetings
The Hakata Gion Yamakasa Promotion Association held a new year's meeting on Jan. 28 and announced their intention to display special Yamakasa floats during the G20 gatherings in Ju...
Committee to Support Hakata Redevelopment
JR Kyushu announced on January 25 plans to establish a committee of 15 companies that own land around Hakata Station. The group will explore what measures can be put in place to ge...
Nishitetsu Highway Bus to Use Alipay and Wechat Pay
In a press release on Jan. 30, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co Ltd. announced the introduction of a smartphone payment system for their expressway bus route between Saga Airport and Fukuo...
First Tenjin Big Bang Building Construction Started
Construction of the first “Tenjin Big Bang” building has begun. On Jan. 29, Fukuoka Jisho Co., Ltd., announced the groundbreaking for Tenjin Business Center and the outline of its ...
Browsing Ants Found in Hakata Port
Browsing ants, native to Southern Europe, have been found at Hakata Port in September 2018. The Environment Ministry reported on Jan. 23 that it was the first such confirmation in ...