JR Kyushu Discontinues Printed Time Schedules
JR Kyushu discontinued the distribution of their printed train schedule, called ‘pocket jikoku-hyo.” The free booklets have helped passengers since the days of the Japanese Nationa...
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JR Kyushu Discontinues Printed Time Schedules
JR Kyushu discontinued the distribution of their printed train schedule, called ‘pocket jikoku-hyo.” The free booklets have helped passengers since the days of the Japanese Nationa...
Record Low Applicants For Elementary School Teacher Jobs In Fukuoka
Kyushu regions marked its record-lowest job-openings-to-applicants ratios for teaching positions at elementary schools. While the national average in 2019 fell to...
Special JR Kyushu Shinkansen Wrapped In Wishes
A special shinkansen train will travel along the Hakata-Kagoshima route, carrying 777 wishes for a brighter future. The joint project between JR Kyushu, LINE Fukuoka, and The Nishi...
Jetstar Discontinues Six Routes Routes in Kyushu
Jetstar Japan Co., Ltd. announced the discontinuation of six domestic routes, including Kagoshima-Nagoya (Chubu), Fukuoka-Osaka (Kansai), and Kumamoto-Osaka, as of March. The route...
Shinkansen To Carry Fresh Produce From Kyushu to Kansai
A shinkansen (bullet train) trial to ship Kyushu-sourced fresh fish and other ingredients to the Kansai area will begin in February. President and Representative Director of JR Wes...
Snow Continues to Accumulate Across Northern Kyushu
A broad area of northern Kyushu was left under a blanket of snow after a massive cold air front flowed over the region. As of 5:00 a.m., seven-centimeter snow-covered Saga Station'...
258 in Kyushu To Celebrate 100th Anniversaries
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank Ltd. reported that as many as 258 companies in Kyushu and Okinawa will mark their hundredth anniversaries during 2021. Eighty-three of them, ...
Maple Tree Investments to Build Largest Distribution Center in Kyushu
Maple Tree Investment, a Singaporean government-backed real estate fund, plans to invest ¥40 billion to build Kyushu's largest distribution center in Chikushino City. The center, w...
JR Kyushu Conducts First Driverless Train on JR Rails
R Kyushu will operate the first self-driving train trial for the JR-train services in Japan. The company announced on Dec. 22 that one of its two-car trains, called Dencha, will ca...
JR Kyushu Announces Additional Trains New Year Period
JR Kyushu announced additional express trains between Dec. 26, 2020, ~ Jan. 11, 2021. According to the company, a total of 205 special trains, including the Kamome, Midori, and Hui...