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Mar 7, 2015 Local News
Deadline For Old Nishitetsu Bus Card Refunds Approaching
Nishitetsu announced that Mar. 31 is the deadline to get refunds on any of its old magnetic bus cards. The cards came into use in 1992 but were phased out with the adoption of the ...
Mar 7, 2015 Local News
Kirin To Sell Special Beer to Match Fukuoka Foods
On Mar. 5 Kirin Beer announced that its nine regional factories from Hokkaido to Kyushu will each release slightly different flavors of its popular Ichiban-shibori beer. Part of th...
Mar 6, 2015 Local News
Canal City Muji Reopens & New Nishidori Shop Too!
On Mar. 5 Tokyo-based retailer Muji reopened its revamped Canal City shop. The newly renovated shop includes a 30,000-volume-strong Muji Books section and Open Muji, a space for wo...
Mar 6, 2015 Local News
Nishitetsu Eyes New Bus Linking Yufuin, Beppu
Sources have revealed that Nishitetsu is considering launching a tourist bus service linking the popular hot spring towns of Beppu and Yufuin in Oita Prefecture. It is also looking...
Mar 5, 2015 Local News
This Year’s Fukuoka Marathon Set For Nov. 8
On Feb. 26 the Fukuoka Marathon Organizing Committee announced that this year’s Fukuoka Marathon will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8. Hosted by the cities of Fukuoka and Itoshima and ...
Mar 2, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka Selected To Host Rugby World Cup In 2019
Fukuoka Selected To Host World Cup Rugby In 2019 ::: The organising body for the Rugby World Cup announced today in Dublin, Ireland, that Fukuoka City was selected as one of twelve...
Mar 1, 2015 Local News
KERC Releases Annual White Paper
The Kyushu Economic Research Council (KERC) has released its white paper for fiscal 2015. According to the report, suburbanization has reached a turning point given the declining o...
Mar 1, 2015 Local News
Nishitetsu To Team Up With JA On Agribusiness Venture
Nishitetsu announced that it will establish a joint agricultural venture with the Federation of Japanese Agricultural Cooperatives (JA Zenno) in March. The aim is to train new farm...
Mar 1, 2015 Local News
Fukuoka City Announces Tenjin Big Bang Project
On Feb. 24 Fukuoka City announced the Tenjin Big Bang Project, a project aimed at making Fukuoka an Asian Business hub by increasing the number of people working in Tenjin by 2.4 t...
Feb 28, 2015 Local News
Experiment Aims To Ease Taxi Congestion in Fukuoka
The Fukuoka City Taxi Association, City Hall and the Fukuoka Prefectural Police are teaming up on a social experiment to halve the number of taxis waiting to pick up passengers at ...