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Aug 27, 2018 Local News
Kyuden Increases Stake in American Market
Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) has acquired an 18.1% share of South Field Energy. The proposed Ohio-based facility is an Advanced Power development that aims to utilize natural gas...
Aug 27, 2018 Local News
Saga to Receive ¥10 Billion for Stationing Ospreys
Saga Prefecture has accepted a plan of the Ministry of Defense to deploy Ospreys to a local airport. The central government will pay the prefecture ¥10 billion over 20 years (¥500 ...
Aug 24, 2018 Local News
Banks to Test Cashless Payment System
A number of regional banks will test a system in Kitakyushu beginning this September allowing customers to use a smartphone application to make payments using a QR code reader. Dev...
Aug 22, 2018 Local News
New Commercial Facility Beside Yahuoku! Dome
A new commercial facility called Mark Is Fukuoka Momochi will open on a plot of land adjacent to the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. Mitsubishi Estate is in charge of development, which is ...
Aug 17, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka Company to Support Tourism into Fukui
Hospitable, a Fukuoka-based company has formed a business partnership with the Fukui Shimbun newspaper. The two institutions will work together to increase tourism into Fukui, revi...
Aug 16, 2018 Local News
Kirishima Shuzo is Top Selling Brewery
The Fukuoka branch of the Teikoku Databank Fukuoka announced on August 13 that Kirishima Shuzo was the top selling manufacturer of shochu and awamori for 2017. This is the sixth co...
Aug 15, 2018 Local News
Cruise Line Route Between Hakata and Shanghai to be Tested
A cruise operating between the Port of Hakata and Shanghai will be tested from September. MSC Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line will be offering special packages for the trial. Thr...
Aug 14, 2018 Local News
Confidence in the Economy Declines Across Kyushu
Statistics for July have revealed that confidence in the economy has declined across Kyushu for the third consecutive month. The government's "economy watchers" survey announced on...
Aug 13, 2018 Local News
Ringer Hut Opens First Restaurant in Vietnam
inger Hut will open their first restaurant in Vietnam on August 17. The restaurant's menu will feature local noodle dishes such as Saigon Ramen alongside the chain's much-loved Nag...
Aug 7, 2018 Local News
Nishitetsu Announces Tenjin Redevelopment Plans
On August 3, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd (Nishitetsu) announced their plans for the Fukuoka Building and Tenjin Core facilities. The company intends to build one large 96 meter ...