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It’s Official: Foreign Visitors to Fukuoka Hit Record High in 2013
According to the official statistics released by Fukuoka City, the number of foreign tourists who visited the city in 2013 increased 2.7% year-on-year to a record high 17,820,000. ...
Land Ministry Eyes Taking JR Kyushu Public in 2016
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has announced plans to take JR Kyushu public in fiscal 2016. With the listing on the stock exchange, the company will no...
New Underground Passage in Tenjin Planned
Sources have revealed that the owners of the land upon which Tenjin Vivre and Tenjin Core sit are close to reaching an agreement on the construction of a new underground passage in...
New Portal Site For Kyushu’s Foreign Students
he Kyushu Council on Global Human Resources for Industry, a consortium of 300 companies, universities and government agencies in Kyushu overseen by the Kyushu Economic Federation a...
Fukuoka to Build World’s First Osmotic Power Plant
Nagasaki-based water treatment plant manufacturer Kyowa Kiden Kogyo has been tasked to build the world’s first commercial osmotic power power plant in Higashi Ward this year. Osmot...
Prefecture to Discuss Relocation of Art Museum
Fukuoka Prefecture has finalized plans to establish a New Art Museum Concept Review Committee in FY2015. The committee will discuss relocating the aging Prefectural Art Museum loca...
Kyudai To Make Cyber Security Course Mandatory in 2016
Kyushu University has decided to make all new students take a compulsory course on cybersecurity starting in fiscal 2016, making it the first major university in Japan to do so. Wi...
Complaints of Low-Flying US Planes
According to Ministry of Defense documents obtained by Nishinippon Shimbun, residents of Kyushu have reported about 500 cases of low-flying U.S. military aircraft between 2009 and ...
Odo Yacht Harbor Dubbed Sea Station
The Fukuoka City Yacht Harbor in Odo (Nishi Ward) has been designated as an Umi-no-Eki (“Sea Station”) by the Sea Station Network of Japan. Sea stations are oceanside rest areas wh...
Fukuoka Airport To Get Second Runway
Construction of a second runway at Fukuoka Airport has been announced. The increased capacity will relieve congestion and increase the number of visitors from overseas. The second ...