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

Oshima Shipbuilding and Nagasaki City have signed a cooperation agreement to promote the local shipbuilding sector, ensure workforce availability, advance carbon-neutral initiatives, and revitalize ...

Nissan will end vehicle production at its Oppama plant in Kanagawa by fiscal 2027 and consolidate operations at its subsidiary ...

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From global-local collaboration to open innovation and the future of music-driven cities, this week’s Thursday Gathering ...

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 ...

T he Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival concluded at dawn on July 15 with the climactic “Oiyama” race, as teams carried one-ton ...

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

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

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 ...