Tourist data from Yufu City, home to Yufuin Onsen, shows total visitors rose 6% in 2024 to 4.29 million. Foreign visitors hit ...

On July 18, 2025 (Fri.), a new dining zone, “CANAL Gourmet Street KUOHKA,” opens in the basement of Canal City Hakata’s Grand ...

A voting irregularity occurred in Fukutsu City on July 13 when a woman cast two ballots during early voting for the House of ...

P olice are investigating after the body of a newborn boy was discovered in a garbage area of an apartment building in ...

Asuka III,” Japan’s first large cruise ship to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel, made its maiden call at Hakata Port ...

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On July 20, 2025, voters in Japan will go to the polls to elect members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the ...

Castella confectioner Fukusaya, founded in 1624 and based in Nagasaki, will build a new factory in Machida, Tokyo, set to ...

Kyushu Electric Power announced that Unit 3 at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture has returned to normal ...

Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide has announced that its flagship brand will open a new hotel in Fukuoka City’s Momochihama area ...

Kitakyushu Mayor Takeuchi announced that the Mt. Sarakura slide, which has been closed due to multiple injuries, will reopen ...

On July 11, the Japan Meteorological Agency and Ministry of the Environment issued a heatstroke alert for Fukuoka ...