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Oct 13, 2020 Local News
Dazaifu Tenmangu Advises New Year Visitors to Avoid Jan. 1 ~ 3
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine is asking new year visitors to avoid visiting the area between January 1 ~ 3, 2021. Usually, the area is seen by some 2 million people during the first thre...
Oct 13, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Lifts Fukuoka Corona Warning
The warning was implemented on August 5 as part of the prefecture’s medical preparation strategy against the surge of new coronavirus infections. However, in the period between mid...
Oct 9, 2020 Event
Leonard FOUJITA and the Textiles He Loved
It is well known that Leonard FOUJITA (FUJITA Tsuguharu, 1886-1968) cherished craftworks throughout his life. Particularly, there was nothing which played a more important role in ...
Oct 8, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Launches MAAS Promotion Group
Fifty-five companies and other organizations are collaborating in the ‘Yokamachi Mirai Project,’ a consortium to activate the local economy of Itoshima. Development of MAAS will be...
Oct 6, 2020 Now Reports
Sending Money Abroad and Fintech Companies
When we send money abroad with traditional Japanese banks, they charge various fees, including remittance fees, lifting charge, and recipient/intermediary bank fees...
Oct 6, 2020 Now Reports
Wednesday’s Are For Ladies at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse
Did you know that Wolfgang's Steakhouse Fukuoka offers a special ladies’ lunch deal on Wednesdays? It’s a fabulous deal for sure, but only available on Wednesdays from 11:30 to 14:...
Oct 6, 2020 Now Reports
A Tale of Two Local Doctors and Educators: Nanmei Kamei and Osamu Takaba
This month’s article focuses on two doctors and educators from Fukuoka who were active in the Edo and Meiji eras. The first, Nanmei Kamei (1743 - 1814), was born in Meinohama (now ...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Sailor Moon Store To Open in PARCO
Sailor Moon Store in Tokyo will open its first limited-time shop inside Fukuoka PARCO. The internationally-popular girls' manga celebrates the release of new films (Jan. & Feb. in ...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Street Fraud Involving Younger Generation on the Rise
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police reports a series of fraudulent schemes, playing on the kindness of a stranger. In July, a twenty-year-old woman was tricked out of ¥40,000 after she ...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City To Subsidize Treatment For Recurrent Miscarriages
Beginning on October 1, 2020, Fukuoka City will subsidize treatments for recurrent miscarriages (fuikusho.) To support couples who wish to conceive children, the program pays half ...
