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Shintencho shops to close in stages and relocate during redevelopment
Shintencho shops will begin closing at their present locations after a thank-you ceremony on Feb. 14, 2027, as the Tenjin shopping arcade is rebuilt. About 10 stores will move...
Oita Ranks Third for International Students
Oita Prefecture ranked third in Japan for international students per 100,000 residents, according to 2025 data released on July 9. The prefecture hosted 3,569 international...
Fukuoka Rice Farmers Face Falling Prices
Rice growers in Fukuoka Prefecture are concerned that prices for this year's new crop could fall sharply despite continued increases in production costs. In Fukutsu, harvesting...
Fukuoka Teacher Reprimanded Over Forced Feeding
The Fukuoka City Board of Education reprimanded a 40-year-old male elementary school teacher on August 10 for using corporal punishment on a second-grade student who tried...
Kumamoto Castle Set to Reopen August 13
Kumamoto City plans to reopen Kumamoto Castle on August 13, just over two weeks after a powerful earthquake forced the site to close. The castle has remained shut since...
Kyuden Voltex Player Dies Following Suspected Heatstroke
Kyushu Electric Power Kyuden Voltex player Saimoni Vunilangi died on August 7 after being hospitalized with suspected heatstroke following team training in Fukuoka. The 26-year...
Kumamoto earthquake damages more than 22,000 homes
Two weeks after the magnitude-seven-level shaking in Kumamoto, 22,697 homes had been damaged across the prefecture. The reported death toll was 39, including people...
Kumamoto earthquake damages more than 200 cultural properties
More than 200 cultural properties in Kumamoto Prefecture have sustained earthquake damage. At the 700-year-old Daiji Zenji temple in Kumamoto City, the left wrist and shoulder...
Huis Ten Bosch Offers Hot-Day Discount
Huis Ten Bosch in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, launched its first discount campaign linked to extreme heat, offering 10% off admission tickets and selected products, including...
Kyushu’s Largest Animate Store Opens in Tenjin
Animate will open Animate LACHIC Fukuoka Tenjin, its largest store in Kyushu, on October 24, 2026, on the eighth floor of Fukuoka Mitsukoshi. The store will relocate from...