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Tap-to-pay rail discount offered for Hojoya visitors
Visitors to Hakozakigu’s Hojoya festival can receive a 20% rail fare discount by using credit card tap-to-pay at two nearby JR stations. The offer covers Hakozaki and Yoshizuka...
Fire Ants Found at Island City
Authorities in Fukuoka confirmed the discovery of approximately 300 red imported fire ants at Island City in the city’s Higashi Ward. The ants were...
Kyushu University Probes Data Leak Risk
Kyushu University announced that patient information stored on a laboratory computer may have been exposed following a ransomware attack. The incident...
Clinic Ordered to Halt Regenerative Treatments
Japan’s health ministry issued an emergency order to suspend regenerative treatments at Trinity Clinic Fukuoka after at least five patients reported...
Illegal Poppy Found Again at Uminonakamichi
An illegal opium poppy was found among about one million blooming nemophila flowers at Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka City, the second straight year...
Hakozaki Redevelopment Plan Details Unveiled
A consortium led by Sumitomo Corporation has released a detailed master plan for redeveloping the former Kyushu University Hakozaki campus in...
Man in His 20s Dies After Sparring Incident in Fukuoka
A man believed to be in his 20s was found unconscious in an apartment in Fukuoka City’s Higashi Ward on January 8 and later died, police said. Emergency services were called at aro...
Fukuoka Plans Display Facility for Genko Borui Ruins
Fukuoka City will build a display facility to preserve and present remains of the...
Teens Arrested for Damaging Up to 100 Bicycles
Police arrested two male high school students, aged 15 and 16, for allegedly puncturing a bicycle tire at Namiki Square in Fukuoka’s Higashi Ward...
FamilyMart Opens Driver Rest-Stop Store
FamilyMart opened a new Minato Kashii branch in Fukuoka’s Island City on November 13 with dedicated facilities for long-distance truck drivers...