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Aug 28, 2020 Local News
Balloon Release Event Planned for Futamigaura Beach Itoshima
A thousand balloons will be set loose into the sky of Itoshima, carrying people’s hope to get over the new coronavirus pandemic and recent rain disaster. The largest-scale balloon ...
Aug 28, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu to Reduce Number of Trains on Commuter Lines in Fukuoka
JR Kyushu is planning to reduce the number of trains running in the urban area of Fukuoka. The president of the company, Toshihiko Aoyagi, explained at a press conference that the ...
Aug 28, 2020 Local News
LINE Collaborates With Fukuoka City With Evacuation Drill
Fukuoka City will run a ‘Totsuzen Hajimaru (suddenly starting) Evacuation Drill” on September 1, in collaboration with Line Fukuoka. Reflecting on the nature of unexpected disaster...
Aug 28, 2020 Local News
Cluster Discovered at Bar in Fukuoka With Corona-safety Sticker
Fukuoka City announced the first new-coronavirus cluster at a bar with the ‘COVID-19 Safety’ sticker. The Nakasu-based bar registered with Fukuoka Prefecture’s program to support l...
Aug 27, 2020 Event
Miyako Hotel Hakata x Elle Spa Afternoon Tea
Just a one-minute walk from the Chikushiguchi gate of JR Hakata Station sits Miyako Hotel Hakata. To celebrate the first anniversary of its reopening in a sleek, modern building su...
Aug 27, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu Group Hotels Offer Work Station Special Plans
JR Kyushu will offer ‘workstation’ plans at six of its group hotels, beginning on September 7. The company announced its participation in Remote Work Premium, an online service ope...
Aug 27, 2020 Local News
Rendering of New Hakata Ward Office Released
Fukuoka City revealed a rendering of the new Hakata Ward Office, scheduled to open in May 2022. Construction will begin on Aug. 29 on the neighboring plot of the current ward offic...
Aug 26, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Pref and Bio-venture Ahead of Schedule for Clinical Testing of Corona Remedy
Fukuoka Prefecture will conduct clinical trials for the drug development to fight COVID-19 as early as October 2021. The prefectural governor, Hiroshi Ogawa, told a press conferenc...
Aug 26, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu To Offer Free PCR Tests by Family Doctors
Kitakyushu City is preparing to provide free PCR tests at smaller medical facilities. At the same time, the virus tests are currently available at 20 facilities, including a specia...
Aug 25, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu hotels offers monthly stay plans
JR Kyushu Hotels is offering monthly stays at four of its group hotels in Fukuoka and Tokyo. The Blossom Hakata Premier (Deluxe Twin rooms: ¥158,000/month), JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom...