Fukuoka Now

Sep 10, 2020

Can Fukuoka Become an International Financial Hub?

Unlikely. However, the government seems to think otherwise. According to Kyodo News, [1] Japan’s central government has decided to target Fukuoka and Osaka to attract companies and...

#Business
#Fukuoka Prefecture

Dec 19, 2019

Leaving a Will in Japan

Thankfully, I received a request from a reader about writing a will in Japan, and so I’m writing about that from a non-Japanese person’s perspective. We will all die someday. At th...

#Business
#Kyushu

Apr 25, 2019

G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Fukuoka

The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Fukuoka (G20 Fukuoka) will be held on June 8 (Sat.) and 9 (Sun.), 2019. Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors...

#Business
#Fukuoka City

Dec 12, 2017

Shared Workspace The Company Opens in Fukuoka Parco

The Company opened their second shared workspace facility in Fukuoka inside the Fukuoka Parco (Annex) on Dec. 11. This is one of the first times for a communal workspace of this ki...

#Business
#Tenjin

Jul 28, 2017

Fukuoka Growth Next: The City’s Startup Support Center

This April, Fukuoka Growth Next opened inside the former Daimyo Elementary School. The facility aims to support potential entrepreneurs and businesses looking to...

#Business
#Fukuoka Topics
#Fukuoka City

Apr 24, 2017

Startup Cafe Moves into FUKUOKA growth next

A facility to support business startups called “FUKUOKA growth next” opened inside the former Daimyo Elementary School in the center of Tenjin, Fukuoka. The Startup Cafe, which fir...

#Business
#Fukuoka City

Aug 18, 2016

& And Hostel Opens in Kawabata Arcade, Fukuoka

A very unique hostel, “& And Hostel”, opens tomorrow, Aug. 19, along the covered Kawabata Shopping Arcade in central Fukuoka. Last night, we were given an advance look...