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Apr 10, 2018 Local News
New Record Sales Figures for JR Hakata City
JR Hakata City released its sales figures for the 2017 financial year. Total sales for the seven facilities on the station premises, which include Amu Plaza and Hakata Hankyu, reac...
Apr 5, 2018 Local News
Business Sentiment Falls in Kyushu
The Fukuoka branch of the Bank of Japan announced that business sentiment has fallen in Kyushu and Okinawa, according to Japan's quarterly short-term economic survey (tankan for sh...
Mar 30, 2018 Local News
Bidding for the Seika Ichiba Site
Fukuoka City is no longer accepting bids from companies and private enterprises looking to purchase the site of the former Seika Ichiba (market). The 8.7 hectare plot of land is lo...
Mar 30, 2018 Local News
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Might Open in Tenjin
Fukuoka City has announced that a group of private enterprises including Sekisui House and Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (Nishitetsu) were awarded first refusal in negotiations t...
Mar 28, 2018 Local News
New Multipurpose Building to Open in Hakata Next Fall
JR Kyushu has announced plans to build a multipurpose building in Hakata Ward, with a luxury version of its Blossom Hotel as the core tenant. Located on Hakata Ekimae-dori Ave. in ...
Mar 27, 2018 Local News
New Nishitetsu-Run Retirement Home in Kurume
On March 22, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd., (Nishitetsu) announced plans to build a residential-style retirement home in Kurume City. The new Suncarna Kurume will be located two ...
Mar 23, 2018 Local News
Beenos to set up Office in Kitakyushu City
The e-commerce service Beenos will relocate some administrative departments from its head office in Tokyo to Kitakyushu City this April. Staff in charge of accounting and personnel...
Mar 22, 2018 Local News
Plans to Privatize Kumamoto Airport
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to privatize Kumamoto Airport by April 2020. The ministry will listen to offers from companies who want to operate...
Mar 12, 2018 Local News
Government of Thailand Considers Reopening Thai Trade Center Fukuoka
The Government of Thailand has announced it is considering to reopen Thai Trade Center Fukuoka, which it shuttered in March 2016. The Center provides business matching for...
Feb 21, 2018 Local News
Aeon Mall on Former Space World Site – Finalized
Aeon Mall are in negotiations with Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) about the possibility of utilizing the site where Space World used to...