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Oct 19, 2020 Local News
Remote Sign Language Service Started
Kurume City started an off-site sign language interpretation service using smartphones and other devices. Interpreters work from the city office video-chat with users while they ar...
Sep 25, 2020 Event
KUIC 2020 Online Event “Improving Business Profitability through Foreign Language Skills”
On 10/11 (Sun.) from 1pm, Kurume University will hold its second industry-academia collaboration event. This Zoom online event will be centered around the achievements of two small...
Sep 4, 2020 Local News
Kurume Companies Win 2020 World Label Competition with Sake Bottle Label
Kurume-based printing company Maru-shin and sake brewery Wakatakeya took home the Best of the Best award in the combination printing category at the 31st World Label Competition in...
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 17, 2020 Local News
University Opens Facility Promotes Student and Local Business Collaborations
Kyushu Sangyo University established its Open Innovation Center to encourage the development of more industry-academia businesses. In a room of 300 square meters, the center hosts ...
Jul 27, 2020 Local News
Olympic Kimono Project Including Kurume Kasuri and Hakata Ori Now Online
A thirteen-minute online video, featuring 213 sets of kimono and obi designed using imagery of countries and regions worldwide is now online. Developed by a Tokyo-based project own...
Apr 26, 2020 Local News
Three more COVID-19 infections attributed to Nightclub Cluster – Fukuoka Prefecture Total Surpasses 600
On April 25, 14, more confirmed infections were found in the prefecture, including three more cases linked to the Mabini nightclub in Kurume. The new cases include a female dancer...
Apr 23, 2020 Local News
COVID-19 Cluster In Kurume City Nightclub – Ten Test Positive Including Seven Foreigners
Fukuoka Prefecture announced 21 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections on Apr. 22, including a suspected cluster at a nightclub in Kurume City. The nightclub continued to oper...
Mar 24, 2020 Local News
Kurume-based Manufacturer Provides Die to Make Masks for Free
Morisaki, a Kurume-based manufacturer of industrial cutter dies, is giving away dies that can be used to cut fabric to make masks. As a contribution to...
Mar 13, 2020 Local News
Kurume Kasuri Masks Now on Sale
As mask shortages continue amid COVID-19 expansion, a local textile maker has come up with a creative response to the challenge. Rooring Factory Shop, which produces clothes and ot...
