UN-Habitat’s Asia-Pacific office held a seminar in Fukuoka City focused on sustainable urban development. About 140 participants, ...

Fukuoka Prefecture has confirmed a cluster of 17 tuberculosis cases, including three individuals who developed ...

A baby girl under one year old in Fukuoka City has been diagnosed with measles, likely after being in the same building as an ...

Ryukyu Bank and Ryukyu Capital have launched a ¥2 billion venture fund to support mid-stage startups. The new fund is ten times the size of earlier versions ...

Yamazaki, a manufacturer of machine tools and auto parts, will list on the Fukuoka Stock Exchange on August 25. The move ...

JR Kyushu will develop a four-story logistics facility in Kitakyushu’s Kokuraminami Ward, set to open in January 2027. Built with Yoshida Kaiun ...

NocoMart brings back daily convenience, and Mommy serves Hiroshima‑style okonomiyaki and Southeast Asian dishes.

Japan’s top 50 shochu producers saw a 1.6% year-on-year decline in total sales in 2024, falling to ¥222.7 billion, according to Teikoku ...

On the former High Court site on the east side of Maizuru Park (near Akasaka Subway Station), around 60 stalls from kitchen cars and local eateries gather for this night market. Visitors in yukata ...

A new episode of NHK World’s Train Cruise airs this Saturday, August 9, marking exactly 80 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Nick Szasz, publisher of Fukuoka Now, appears as the on-screen ...

Tetsuo Yasaka, emeritus professor at Kyushu University and founder of QPS Institute, announced he will donate his 2 million shares in the satellite development firm to the university after his death.

誰 もが身近に文化芸術と触れ合う機会として、そして、福岡市民による文化芸術活動の発表の場として毎年秋に開催される福岡市民芸術祭。市内各所で、市民による多彩なイベントが開催される。 今年のオープニングライブは、豪華二本立て。 第1部は、福岡アジア美術館「ベトナム、記憶の ...