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Jun 29, 2018 Local News
Kyushu University’s Hakozaki Campus as a Smart City
Fukuoka City, Kyushu University, and local residents have announced their desire to see IoT technology utilized in the redevelopment of Kyushu University’s Hakozaki Campus. Plannin...
Jun 27, 2018 Local News
Newly Established Businesses in Kyushu Reach a Record High
The Fukuoka branch of the Tokyo Shoko Research company announced on June 21 that the number of newly established companies in Kyushu and Okinawa increased by 2.9% in 2017. The stud...
Jun 26, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City and World Bank to Support Start-ups in Developing Countries
Fukuoka City and the World Bank signed a memorandum on June 15 outlining plans to provide support to new business startups in developing countries. The city will seek to bring in w...
Jun 22, 2018 Local News
Kyushu Financial Group Signs Agreement with MOE
Two of Kyushu Financial Group's subsidiaries (Higo Bank, Ltd. and Kagoshima Bank) signed an agreement called the National Park Official Partnership with the Ministry of the Environ...
Jun 22, 2018 Local News
Huis Ten Bosch to Open Jurassic Island Attraction
Huis Ten Bosch is ready to open a new attraction called Jurassic Island on an uninhabited island in Omura Bay, where visitors can come face-to-face with carnivorous dinosaurs in a ...
Jun 21, 2018 Local News
Canal City Hakata’s Coca-Cola Billboard Renovated
The Coca-Cola billboard that sits on top of Canal City Hakata has been renovated for the first time since its initial construction 19 years ago. The sign faces towards the Naka Riv...
Jun 19, 2018 Local News
Saga Develops New Type of Strawberry
Saga Prefecture has revealed plans to introduce a new variety of strawberry to the market this winter. The prefectural assembly made the announcement on June 14th. The fruit has ta...
Jun 19, 2018 Local News
Daimaru Fukuoka Tenjin to Undergo Renovation
Daimaru Fukuoka Tenjin is planning to undertake a multi-billion yen renovation, which will start in 2019 and last for three years. The refurbishment will focus on the women's fashi...
Jun 18, 2018 Local News
US-Japan Friendship Cocktail Contest Winner Decided!
On June 8, the US Consulate in Fukuoka hosted its second annual US-Japan Friendship Cocktail Contest in which nine finalists representing bars from Osaka to Kagoshima prepared cock...
Jun 18, 2018 Local News
New Multilingual Electronic Information Boards In Tenjin
The vicinity maps renewal project launched by Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau at Tenjin Station was completed on June 12. The renewal project was supposed to finish on May 1, bu...