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Jun 10, 2020 Now Reports
Caitac Square Garden – New Commercial Facility Opens in Tenjin
A new commercial facility located on Kokutai-dori Ave. featuring nineteen “lifestyle” shops opens tomorrow, June 11. Amongst four eateries is the first Golden Brown shop in western...
Jun 10, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Announces Additional Budget for Corona Impact Measures
Itoshima City has appropriated an additional ¥561 million budget for anti-coronavirus measures. Education-wise, the city developed a package of ¥264 million to distribute tablet de...
Jun 9, 2020 Now Reports
Doriano Sulis – Chikuzen Biwa Artisan
Doriano Sulis, an Italian-native artisan of Chikuzen biwa (Japanese lute), has launched a crowdfunding project to save the traditional instrument from disappearing due to lack of k...
Jun 9, 2020 Now Reports
Off Broadway – To Be Continued
We met up recently with Luis Matos, who along with his partner Tomoko run Off Broadway, one of the longest-running international bars in Fukuoka. Opened near Suzaki Park in 1993, t...
Jun 9, 2020 Local News
NPO Offers Support to Foreigners Applying for ¥100,000 Payout
A Fukuoka-based NPO started a free support service for local foreigners applying for the national ¥100,000 payout program. Teman Hati Fukuoka, an organization with a mission to imp...
Jun 9, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City to Support Canceled Student Athletic Events
While large sporting events for elementary, junior high, and high school students have been canceled for the school year of 2020, Fukuoka City announced plans to subsidize alternat...
Jun 8, 2020 Local News
Weekend Sees Fewer COVID-19 In Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu City announced five confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection over the weekend (June 6 ~ 7.) Amongst the new patients was a man, who had been hospitalized at a lo...
Jun 6, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Cover Tuition Fees for Hard Hit University Students
On June 5, Kitakyushu City announced five more cases of the new coronavirus infection. The city has seen 135 instances during the past fourteen days. Rates of positive PCR tests in...
Jun 5, 2020 Local News
Kyushu Companies Cutting Plans For Capital Investment
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank Ltd. released the results of its survey of companies who plan to make capital investments this year in Kyushu and Okinawa. Amongst 891 of the...
Jun 5, 2020 Local News
Governor Requests More Antigen-test Kits To Counter Clusters
On June 4, Kitakyushu City announced six new cases of the COVID-19 infection. A total of 130 people in the city were diagnosed with the virus in the past thirteen days. Reflecting ...
