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New LCC Route Between Fukuoka and Kuala Lumpur
Low-cost carrier AirAsia Group promoted the launch of a new route between Fukuoka and Kuala Lumpur at the Fukuoka Street Party event. It will be the first long-distance internation...
Tar Elf Toivo: A New Finnish Cultural Experience for Fukuoka’s Children
What do you get when you add wood, peat, moss and heat? If you guessed pine tar, you guessed correct! But what you may not have guessed is that this is also the subject of a new cu...
Soichiro Takashima Re-elected as Fukuoka Mayor
Soichiro Takeshima has been re-elected as the mayor of Fukuoka. This will be the 44-year-old Liberal Democratic Party representative's third term in office. Mayor Takeshima defeate...
Fukuoka City Population Grows Including a Large Percentage of Non-Japanese
Fukuoka City recently announced that the population of the city surpassed 1.58 million for the first time as of November 1, 2018 as the city has continues to experience population ...
Toyota Motor Kyushu Reports Record Sales
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. announced on Nov. 12 that the company registered record sales between April to September in 2018. Thanks to the high popularity of SUV cars, their NX and ...
Royal Host to Discontinue Use of Plastic Straws
Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka City) will eliminate single-use plastic straws from its six-brand restaurants across Japan by 2020 to reduce environmental plastic pollution. The ...
Nishitetsu Looking to Raise Fares
On November 8, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co Ltd. President and CEO Sumio Kuratomi announced at a press conference that the company is looking to increase fares. Nishitetsu issued the s...
Kyushu University Offers Ito Campus Tours
Kyushu University is offering tours of its campus in Itoshima City. The tours begin from Big Orange, where participants will watch an introductory video of the university, and cont...
Nishitetsu and Toyota Launch Trial of Multi-modal Transport App ‘My Route’
Launched on Nov. 1 and ending on Mar. 31, “My Route” is a multi-modal mobility service for smartphones created collaboratively by Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (Nishitetsu) and T...
Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima Announces Manifesto
Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced his manifesto towards the coming up election in November. Takashima promises to include building a ropeway between the Hakata Port area and the H...