{"id":180669,"date":"2026-10-30T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180669&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-30T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:26:07","slug":"fukuoka-airport-unveils-terminals-for-new-tax-refund-system","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-airport-unveils-terminals-for-new-tax-refund-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Airport unveils terminals for new tax-refund system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Airport unveiled dedicated terminals on Oct. 28 for a new tax-free shopping system starting in November. Overseas visitors will pay consumption tax when shopping and receive a refund when leaving Japan. At the airport, travelers will scan their passports to bring up their purchase records. Customs officers will check goods when required before a refund is approved. The change is intended to prevent tax-free purchases from being resold within Japan. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261028de67063\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlit.go.jp\/kankocho\/tax-free\/content\/001991234.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Japan Tourism Agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_new-tax-refund-system-in-japan_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"580\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_new-tax-refund-system-in-japan_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_new-tax-refund-system-in-japan_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C124&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_new-tax-refund-system-in-japan_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C424&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_new-tax-refund-system-in-japan_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C318&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Japan Tourism Agency<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Airport unveiled dedicated terminals on Oct. 28 for a new tax-free shopping system starting in November. Overseas visitors will pay consumption tax when shopping and receive a refund when leaving Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180669","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","location-kyushu","news-category-general","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}