Feedback on Proposed Logo for Kyushu Requested
With the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, the Fukuoka Prefecture office is soliciting feedback on the design of a new logo to be us...
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Kyushu Companies and Universities Collaborate to Support Venture Businesses
On Feb. 15, the Council for the Promotion of University-Initiated Ventures in Kyushu, a group composed of members from universities, companies and business federations in Kyushu an...
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Richmond Hotel To Occupy Former Tenjin Toho Cinema
In the spring of 2019, Royal Holdings will open Fukuoka’s third Richmond Hotel, in the space currently occupied by the Tenjin Toho Cinema (set to close Mar. 2017). It will be a 12 ...
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Local Company Establishes New Fund for Kyushu Venture Companies
Fukuoka City-based Dogan Beta, a company that funds venture companies and provides assistance to startups, has launched a new fund, Kyushu Entrepreneur Club Fund II, to fund Kyushu...
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Prefecture to Open Multilingual Call Center for Local Hotels
Fukuoka Prefecture plans to open a multilingual call center with telephone interpreting services that local hotels can use to assist foreign visitors who cannot speak Japanese. Hot...
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Onsen free pass under the Baspo Initiaive
At the Fukuoka-based IT company Veldom, the CEO and other employees love onsen so much that they have started a new onsen initiative called “baspo”. Since 2016, 20 onsen and super ...
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Six New Yatai Applications Revoked
Fukuoka City has decided to rescind the successful applications for six new yatai food stalls slated to go into operation in the Tenjin area on April 1 due to misconduct that was u...
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Seven Prefectures of Kyushu Join Forces with Tokyo to Attract Foreign Visitors
The seven prefectures of Kyushu and Tokyo Prefecture have established the Council to Attract Foreign Visitors to Tokyo and Kyushu, a body aimed at promoting new tourism routes that...
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Annual Aso grass burn-off begins
The annual controlled burn of grass, called noyaki, in the Aso area started on February 26 this year. Particularly for farmers in the area, the annual spring burn-off is very impor...
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Nagasaki Dejima Bridge to be rebuilt
A man-made island of about 15,000 square meters, Dejima was ordered built by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1636 to house the Portuguese residents of Nagasaki as a way to help stem the ...