According to operator West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), this marks the first time the franchise's characters have appeared on ...

FUKUOKA -- As many people start new lives in spring with new jobs or further education, railway operators in Japan are nervous about congestion ... the announcements that were repeatedly made at JR ...

The modern city, the result of a merger between neighboring Fukuoka and Hakata, is a culinary hotbed. For as much as Tokyo is lauded as a food lover’s haven, Fukuoka is where the rest of Japan ...

FUKUOKA--A reveler helping to haul a 1-ton float at the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival here July 15 was fatally crushed after he apparently tripped and fell, authorities said. Toshimi Akiyoshi ...