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Nov 12, 2020 Local News
Real Estate Company Exits Inbound Condominium Accommodation Market
Fukuoka-based real estate company, Business One Holdings Co., Ltd. announced an intention to cease its minpaku accommodation business, citing the impact of the new coronavirus spre...
Nov 12, 2020 Local News
Daily Infection Count Exceeds 20 in Fukuoka Prefecture
On November 10, twenty-three cases of the new coronavirus infection were reported in Fukuoka Prefecture. The daily count exceeded twenty for the first time since September 11. The ...
Nov 11, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu to Host Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2021
Kitakyushu City will host the 50th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and the 38th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in October 2021. On November 8, the International Gy...
Nov 11, 2020 Local News
Habitat Fukuoka Collaborates with Kyusandai University with Global Leadership Program
UN-Habitat Fukuoka Office and Kyushu Sangyo University established a partnership in educating international human resources. The university will start the new curriculum, Global Le...
Nov 11, 2020 Local News
Resumption of Flights between China and Korea at Fukuoka Airport Approved
As of November 6, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism approved international flights at Fukuoka International Airport from November 17. The airport, which ...
Nov 11, 2020 Local News
Subsidized Sale for Goods Produced by Entities Staffed with Persons with Disabilities
Ninety-five Fukuoka-based factories and eateries at which people with disabilities produce food and other items will offer special discounts between Nov. 1 ~ Dec. 31. While the imp...
Nov 11, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Ranked Third in Monocle Magazine’s Small City Index 2021
Lifestyle and global affairs UK-based Monocle magazine has released its 2020 Small Cities Index, a list of 25 small cities around the world that promise the best quality of life an...
Nov 9, 2020 Event
Atago Shrine Fire Festival
Visitors get the opportunity to purify their bodies and ward off misfortune. They write wishes on gomagi (wooden sticks, ¥500), throw them into a bonfire, and then walk barefoot ac...
Nov 9, 2020 Event
Oyamazumi Shrine Oshiroi Festival
This 300-year-old festival is held annually to give thanks for an abundant harvest and pray for next year’s crop. To honor the shrine god who is believed to be a woman, worshipper...
Nov 6, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Begins Random Checks on COVID19 Safe Restaurants
Fukuoka Prefecture is randomly visiting local ‘COVID-19 Safety’ approved restaurants to confirm the implementation of infection-prevention measures. While some 15,000 eateries had ...
