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Jun 15, 2018 Local News
Fukuoka City to Trial Electronic Payment System
Fukuoka City has adopted a service that will allow the public make electronic transactions at approximately 30 locations throughout the city using LINE. The cashless payment system...
Jun 14, 2018 Local News
Additional Underground Bicycle Parking in Tenjin
Fukuoka City has opened an underground parking area for bicycles located in the basement level of city hall. The parking area, called Tenjin Fureai-dori Churinjo, opened on June 9 ...
Jun 12, 2018 Local News
Sales Figures for Kyushu Department Stores and Supermarkets Released
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry have released April's preliminary sales figures for department stores and supermarkets (across 427 facilities) in the region. Incre...
Jun 12, 2018 Local News
Kyuden Introduces New AI Named Quun
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden) announced on June 6 that a new AI speaker service called Quun will hit the market at the end of July. Customers will be able to hear news r...
Jun 11, 2018 Local News
ANA Re-introduces Fukuoka-Miyako Flight Route
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has restarted a direct flight between Fukuoka and Miyako, Okinawa following a 20-year hiatus in operations. The route was re-introduced on June 1 and will ...
Jun 11, 2018 Local News
New ANA Cargo Plane Route Goes Into Operation
ANA Holdings' new regular cargo route, which will call at Kitakyushu Airport late on Mondays, went into operation on June 4. The company's freight plane will fly from Kansai to Kit...
Jun 11, 2018 Local News
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka Appoints New Non-Executive Directors
Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka announced on June 5 that Fukuoka natives Takafumi Horie and Takeshi Aso have been appointed as non-executive directors of the team. Both business persons hav...
Jun 8, 2018 Local News
New Sports Arena Opens in Kurume
A new multipurpose sports arena, one of the largest of its kind in Kyushu, has opened in Higashikushihara-machi, Kurume City. The Kurume Arena has a total floor space of approximat...
Jun 8, 2018 Local News
Kyuden to Carry Out Experiments on Electric Vehicles
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden) announced on May 31 that they will carry out substantive experiments on electric vehicles (EV). Starting from this June, the company will a...
Jun 8, 2018 Local News
Luxury Apartments on Old Daimyo Elementary Site Eye Foreign Tenants
As part of the efforts to redevelop the site of the old Daimyo Elementary School, Sekisui House and Nishi-Nippon Railroad will build furnished luxury service apartments with an eye...