Kyudai Issues Proposal on Hakozaki Campus Site Use
The Kyushu University Future Vision Review Committee, a panel which has been discussing ways to use the Hakozaki Campus site, has issued a proposal to use the land, once it is vaca...
Kyudai Issues Proposal on Hakozaki Campus Site Use
The Kyushu University Future Vision Review Committee, a panel which has been discussing ways to use the Hakozaki Campus site, has issued a proposal to use the land, once it is vaca...
Mariko Shinoda Resigns as Leader of Kawaii-ku
Kawaii is wonderfully versatile word: not only is it a term of endearment for youngsters and small things, it can be used to refer to people and things that are lovable and soothin...
City Proposes Vision for Port
Fukuoka City released a draft summary of its Hakata Port Cruise Vision, a proposal to make Hakata Port a hub for Asian cruise ships by adding a new cruise ship terminal and improvi...
Fukuoka Asia Month to Become Asian Party
After 23 years, Fukuoka City has decided to end its annual Asian arts and culture event, Fukuoka Asia Month, and re-launch it as Asian Party, an event aimed at publicizing Fukuoka ...
Gvt. Designates Kyushu as Asian Tourism Island
On Feb. 15 the government designated the whole of Kyushu as the Kyushu Asian Tourism Island Comprehensive Special Zone and Nagasaki Prefecture as the Nagasaki Marine and Environmen...
International Passenger Numbers at Hakata Port Rebound
According to early estimates released by Fukuoka City, approximately 846,000 international passengers passed through Hakata Port last year, the second highest number after 2010’s 8...
Kumamoto Rice is Rated Best in Japan
On Feb. 14 the Japan Grain Inspection Association announced it’s the results of its annual rice taste test. Of the 128 rice varieties inspected, 29 were given the highest grade of ...
¥980 Softbank Hawks Ticket Offer
Softbank Hawks Marketing have announced that Softbank Mobile phone users will have the opportunity to enter a lottery for ¥980 ‘A seat’ tickets this season. 2000 seats will be allo...
Kumamoto’s Ultraman Land to Close
Tokyo-based Tsuburaya Productions announced on Feb. 14 that it will close the Ultraman Land amusement park in Arao, Kumamoto on Sept. 1. The only theme park in Japan devoted to the...
¥500 Kyushu Shinkansen Ticket Sale
To celebrate the second anniversary of the Kyushu Shinkansen, ¥500 tickets are available for travel on Sat. Mar. 16th. The JR Kyushu’s special one coin tickets can be used for trav...