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Redevelopment Plans for Ohori and Maizuru Parks Announced
Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City announced basic plans for the redevelopment of Ohori and Maizuru parks. The project named the combined area of the two parks Central Park and ai...
Toyota Motor Kyushu Opens Co-Working Space in Tenjin
Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. opened a new co-working space, Toyota Kyushu Co-Creative connected lounge Garraway F in Tenjin on June 15. Fifty seats in the 202-square-meter room are o...
Yoshimoto Kogyo to Open New Theater
On June 10, Yoshimoto Kogyo announced plans to open a new 500-seat theater in Fukuoka City. The E Zo Fukuoka entertainment facility will be located inside the Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome...
The Ghibli Expo in Fukuoka Sets Attendance Record
The Ghibli Expo: From Nausicaä to Marnie at Fukuoka City Museum has attracted 300,000 visitors, marking a record high since the museum opened in 1990. A ceremony was held on June 1...
Fukuoka City to Distribute Child Tracking Devices
Fukuoka City will distribute a child tracking device to 85,000 elementary school students in the city beginning in the fall of 2019. Fukuoka City Mayor Soichiro Takashima announced...
ANA Intercontinental Beppu Announces Opening Date
The ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa will open in the Myoban area of Beppu City, Oita Prefecture on August 1. The four-story hotel will be built on a space of 82,000 square ...
Kyushu’s First Tokyo 2020 Official Shop Opens inside BIC Camera Tenjin
The first Tokyo 2020 Official Shop in Kyushu opened in Tenjin this morning (June 13) on the first floor of BIC Camera Tenjin #1 store. Approximately 600 licensed items including cl...
Pulze Heated Tobacco Makes Global Debut in Fukuoka
A new heated tobacco product from a British cigarette maker, Imperial Brands PLC, made its world debut in Fukuoka on May 6. The product, Pulze (¥6,980) heats a nicotine-and-flavore...
Kyuden to Purchase Solar Energy from Households at Lower Rate
On June 6, Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyuden) announced that they will purchase electricity back from households with solar panels at a new rate of ¥7 per kilowatt hour after the e...
Mayor of Fukuoka and Assemblymen’s Salaries made Public
Income and assets of Fukuoka City Mayor Soichiro Takashima as well as the assembly members of Fukuoka City were made public on June 7. The report lists savings, real estate, securi...