Foreign Arrivals in Kyushu Hit Record High
The number of foreign visitors to Kyushu reached 2.93 million in the first half of 2025, surpassing...
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Kyushu Trade Surplus Despite Auto Slump
Moji Customs reported that the Kyushu economic zone—including Okinawa and Yamaguchi—recorded a trade surplus...
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Kyushu Output Rises on Semiconductor Demand
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry reported that July’s industrial production index rose 3.9% from June to 112.8...
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Kyushu Lawyers Demand Probe Into DNA Test Scandal
The Kyushu Bar Federation condemned misconduct by a former Saga police forensic employee who falsified DNA test results in...
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Record Rainfall Hits Nagasaki And Kumamoto
Linear rainbands have formed over Nagasaki and Kumamoto, triggering an emergency warning for heavy rainfall...
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Kyushu Sees Record Minimum Wage Hikes
All eight prefectures in Kyushu and Okinawa have announced record-high minimum wage increases for FY2025 amid rising living costs and...
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LINE to Offer Shinkansen Booking Without Credit Cards
JR Central will launch a new service on October 4 allowing passengers to book Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen tickets through LINE without...
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Kyushu Inbound Tourism Falls For First Time In 3.5 Years On Quake Rumors
Kyushu recorded 355,216 foreign visitors in July, a 1% year-on-year decline—the first drop in three and a half years. Officials attribute...
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Trump Tariffs Hit Kyushu Liquor Exporters
The Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau held a briefing for 15 local businesses handling sake and shochu affected by additional U.S. tariffs under...
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Shochu Sales Fall As Crop Disease Hits Kirishima
Japan’s top 50 shochu producers saw a 1.6% year-on-year decline in total sales in 2024, falling to ¥222.7 billion, according to Teikoku Databank...
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