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JR Kyushu Lanches Accommodation Business Based on Historic Properties
JR Kyushu is launching a new accommodation business, using historical buildings located near train routes. The Hizenhamashuku hotel in Kashima City of Saga Prefecture was...
Seven Stars Train To Serve Ippudo Ramen
JR Kyushu’s luxury sightseeing train, Seven Stars, announced they would serve bowls of ramen noodles. Reflecting upon the passengers’ desire to slurp noodles before going to bed, e...
Kyushu Hospitals Improve Supporting For Teenage Pregnancies
Four hospitals in Kyushu have stepped up their efforts to support teenagers with unexpected pregnancies. While reports of young women giving birth alone or abandoning newborn babie...
Uber Eats Expands To Every Prefecture in Kyushu
Uber Eats announced their service would become available in all prefectures within Kyushu. As of Mar. 4, the food delivery service begins in...
JR Kyushu Cancels Recruitment for Fiscal 2021
JR Kyushu has canceled recruitment activities to acquire new staff for the fiscal year of 2021. On Feb. 25, the company announced its first such cancelation in thirty-four years. T...
JR Kyushu Carries Cargo on Shinkansen Passenger Seats
JR Kyushu Railway Company and Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. are set to begin shinkansen (bullet train) parcel shipping services in May 2021. On Feb. 24, the two companies conducted a tr...
New Association Established to Support Export of Kyushu’s Authentic Shochu and Awamori
Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced it would establish an organization to promote exports of local shochu and awamori. To back up international marketing of the...
JR Kyushu Rail Passes Temporarily Available Resident Foreign Nationals
Following the lead of JR East, JR Kyushu launched two discounted rail passes for foreign passport holders living in Japan. These rail passes (including shinkansen bullet trains) an...
Kyuden AI Powered Smartphone Offers Points
SB Power Corp., the electricity retailer for Kyushu Electric Power and Softbank Group, introduced an electricity-saving incentive program on a trial basis. By combining AI and a un...
Kyushu Shinkansen 10th Anniversary Tickets Sets Debut
On Feb. 10, JR Kyushu began sales of a special train-ticket set to commemorate Kyushu Shinkansen’s 10th anniversary. Single tickets for eleven routes are packaged inside a unique t...