Kyushu Railway Co (also known as JR Kyushu) – the company that gave Japan its first luxury sleeper, the Seven Stars, in 2013 – continues to show its entrepreneurial verve with its foray into farming. The Fukuoka-based…
Finnair’s expansion is taking shape. Yesterday it announced two new Asian destinations – Fukuoka and Guangzhou – while also taking delivery of the first of 19 Airbus A350 XWB. It’s all part of a strategy to grow its Asian…
Fukuoka is Japan’s fifth-largest city and its fastest-growing metropolis. Between now and 2024, 30 new office buildings are expected to be built in the Tenjin central commercial district as the city’s building boom shifts…
The Japanese government has invested a lot in attracting visitors from overseas: its goal is to reach 20 million per year by 2020. But a trip to last weekend’s Jata Tourism Expo Japan – a major event on the tourism-industry…
At Monocle we consider Tokyo, Kyoto and Fukuoka to be among the most attractive places to live in the world. A new survey of non-Japanese workers reveals that living in the country as an employee at a Japanese company is…
IFFT Interior Lifestyle Living is one of Tokyo’s biggest annual furniture exhibitions and this year’s three-day show, which starts today, is bigger than ever, featuring a record 450 exhibitors from 14 countries. There will…
