Foreign Visitor Numbers Top 1 Million for First Half of 2015
According to statistics released by the Kyushu District Transport Bureau on Aug. 10, the number of foreign visitors entering the island between January and June jumped 41% year-on-...
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Prefecture Seeks Transplants with New Relocation Trial Project
In an effort to attract so-called “U-turn” and “I-turn” transplants to Fukuoka, the prefectural government has started accepting applications for the Fukuoka Trial Working Stay Pro...
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Smart Info Panels Being Tested at Hakata, Yufuin Stations
On Aug 4. Zenrin Group subsidiary Willsmart and JR Kyushu began testing new quadrilingual electronic touch panels at Hakata and Yufuin stations. The panels, which provide tourist i...
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Furusato-Kan Turns 20, Will Hold Festival
Hakata Machiya Furusato-ka, the hands-on local history and culture museum in the heart of the city, turns 20 on Aug. 10. On Aug. 9 at 16:00, a commemorative Summer Festival will be...
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First Foreign Tourist Couple Legally Weds in Fukuoka
On Aug. 5, a couple visiting from Hong Kong was married at the Sawara Ward Office, marking the first such legal wedding by a foreign tourists in the city. Foreign tourists can get ...
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Summer Work Hours for Government Employees Not Catching On
On Aug. 3 the prefectural offices in Fukuoka and Miyazaki began allowing employees to start and finish work 30 minutes early. Many government offices in Kyushu have been adopting t...
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Local IT Company Aims to Become LGBT-Friendly
Fukuoka-based IT consulting company Pencil adopted a new benefit scheme that will provide monetary gifts to employees who marry their same-sex partners. Pencil also enacted a new c...
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Tokyo Girls Collection Coming to Kitakyushu
The organizing committee for the Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC), one of Japan’s major fashion shows, has announced its next show will be held in Kitakyushu on Oct. 17. At a press con...
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Nishitetsu Unveils New Yanagawa Tourist Train
On July 30, Nishinippon Railroad Co. unveiled the design for Mito, the new Yanagawa sightseeing train that will begin running on the Tenjin-Omuta line on Oct. 4.Each of the six car...
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Foreign Companies on the Rise in Greater Kyushu Region
According to the results of a survey released by the Kyushu Economic Research Center (KERC), the number of foreign companies with offices in the nine prefectures of the Kyushu-Yama...