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Kyushu Records Over Five Million Overseas Visitors
Kyushu District Transport Bureau has reported that the number of foreigners who entered Japan from the Kyushu area in 2018 will exceed five million for the first time. The figure r...
QTnet to Test Facial Recognition AI Automated Shop System
QTnet, a group company of Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. will set up an automated shop in Kyushu Institute of Technology Tobata Campus in April 2019. This will be a testing projec...
Cruise Ship to Call on Itoshima During Golden Week
It was announced recently that one of Japan’s three largest cruise ships would call on Itoshima during the next Golden Week holiday. The two-thousand-ton cruiser has a capacity of ...
Fukuoka City Ropeway Project Moves Forward
On January 9, a Fukuoka City research group concluded that building a cable car connecting Hakata Station and the Port of Hakata could be financially beneficial. The city's prelimi...
IMS Building to close in 2021
Mitsubishi Estate announced on January 9 that they plan to close the IMS (Inter Media Station) building in 2021. The facility opened in 1989 and is located in Tenjin, Fukuoka City...
Kyuden and Saibu Gas Employees Took Leave on January 4
Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) and Saibu Gas have revealed that a large percentage of their workforce took paid leave on January 4. Both companies encouraged their employees to tak...
Plans to Introduce a Direct Flight Between Fukuoka and San Francisco
According to a report in the Nishinippon Newspaper on January 7, the management team that will assume control of Fukuoka Airport from this April is hoping to introduce a direct fli...
Rugby World Cup 2019 in Fukuoka – Tickets on Sale Soon!
Don't miss seeing Rugby World Cup, the world’s most popular international rugby event! Rugby World Cup is the 15-man team-style rugby world championship held once every four years....
Plans For New Flight Path Between Laos and Fukuoka
Lao Airlines' proposal to establish a regular flight that links Vientiane and Narita via Nagasaki Airport have encountered difficulties. The company had been looking at launching t...
Researchers in Kyushu Discover Diagnosis Method for Oral Cancer
A research group of the University of Kitakyushu and Kyushu Dental University has found an innovative way to diagnose oral cancer. According to professor Seung-Woo Lee and Toshihir...