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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 ...
Jun 4, 2020 Now Reports
New British-style Pub in Daimyo
With all necessary precautions taken, (body temperatures measured at the door, hand sanitizers at the ready, number of guests controlled, and the interior frequently wiped down), t...
Jun 4, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu Shinkansen To Return To Regular Schedule
On June 3, six new cases of the new coronavirus infection were announced in Fukuoka Prefecture. Five of them were found in Kitakyushu City, and involve a junior high school student...
Jun 3, 2020 Shopping
Seahawk Galleria
Seahawk Galleria, a shopping arcade with a diverse array of 24 shops such as accessories, fashion, sundries, daily necessities, and souvenirs, is located inside the Hilton Fukuoka ...
Jun 3, 2020 Local News
More Test Positive for COVID-19 in Kitakyushu – Attendance at Some Schools Down
On June 2, Kitakyushu City announced six more confirmed infections of the new coronavirus. The cumulative total for the city for the past eleven days is 119. According to the city,...
Jun 2, 2020 Now Reports
Nagoshi no Harae and Chinowa-kuguri: Summer Purification Rites
Every year in June and July, shrines around Japan perform an ancient purification rite called Nagoshi no Harae or Chinowa-kuguri. This is originally one of two Shinto rituals refer...
