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Kyushu Inbound Tourism Falls For First Time In 3.5 Years On Quake Rumors

Kyushu recorded 355,216 foreign visitors in July, a 1% year-on-year decline—the first drop in three and a half years. Officials attribute...

Trump Tariffs Hit Kyushu Liquor Exporters

The Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau held a briefing for 15 local businesses handling sake and shochu affected by additional U.S. tariffs under...

Shochu Sales Fall As Crop Disease Hits Kirishima

Japan’s top 50 shochu producers saw a 1.6% year-on-year decline in total sales in 2024, falling to ¥222.7 billion, according to Teikoku Databank...

Three Dead, Hundreds of Homes Damaged in Kyushu Rains

Since Aug. 8, successive linear rainbands have brought record rainfall to Kyushu, causing landslides and flooding. Two people in Kumamoto and...

Kyushu-Okinawa Population Drops as Foreign Residents Surge

According to Japan’s internal affairs ministry, the total population of the eight prefectures in Kyushu and Okinawa fell...

Fukuoka VC Launches ¥10B Startup Fund

FFG Venture Business Partners in Fukuoka has launched a ¥10 billion investment fund targeting early-stage startups...

Kyuden to Develop Solid-State Batteries with Taiwan Firm

Kyushu Electric Power will partner with Taiwan’s ProLogium Technology to develop solid-state batteries for industrial use...

Fukuoka Joins National Forest Recovery Project

Fukuoka Prefecture has joined a nationwide environmental initiative launched by SoftBank. The “Japan Forest Recovery Support Project” involves...