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Jun 15, 2017 Local News
Banks to Test A.I. Customer Service
Nishi-Nippon City Bank is testing a form of automated customer service which utilizes AI (artificial intelligence) to respond to customers. The system’s ability to use a range of e...
Jun 14, 2017 Local News
Homelessness at All Time Low in Fukuoka Prefecture
Studies carried out by Fukuoka Prefecture and local governments have revealed that there are approximately 270 homeless people living in the prefecture, 30 less than last year and ...
Jun 13, 2017 Local News
Immigration Exceeds One Million
International Student Migrant Workers Immigration Exceeds One Million (#1 of 7 part series) An increasing number of Japanese language school students from South and Southeast Asia ...
Jun 13, 2017 Local News
Multilingual Smartphone Rental For Tourists
Fukuoka City is experimenting on an initiative for people visiting Japan to borrow multilingual smartphones that will help distribute valuable tourist information. The languages av...
Jun 12, 2017 Local News
Increase in Number of Koreans on Ferries to Kyushu
The Kyushu Transportation Office has revealed that 2016 saw approximately 1,300,000 Korean passengers using ferries connecting Hakata (Fukuoka Prefecture), Shimonoseki (Yamaguchi P...
Jun 9, 2017 Local News
Luxury Camp in Aso
JTB Kyushu is now offering tourists a luxury camp experience as a part of a wider scheme to promote Aso and support reconstruction efforts in the area. The luxury tents, which come...
Jun 9, 2017 Local News
Don Quijote to Open on Site of Tsutaya Tenjin
Discount store Don Quijote is set to open at the site of Tsutaya Tenjin in Imaizumi on...
Jun 9, 2017 Local News
Tomodachi Metlife Women’s Leadership Program
U.S. Embassy Tokyo and the TOMODACHI Initiative, with dedicated support from MetLife Japan, launched the TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program (TMWLP) in 2013 with the objec...
Jun 9, 2017 Local News
Highest 56.2% Wants Less Work, Less Salary
Nishi Nippon Financial Holdings (FH) summarized the results of an attitude survey (approximately 1,400 answers) targeted at newly hired employees at about 300 companies in...
Apr 21, 2017 Event
Outdoor Day Japan Fukuoka 2017
This event is perfect for outdoorsy people who love hiking, camping, and all those other fresh-air-breathing, rosy-cheek making activities. Big names in the camping biz will be bri...