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Dec 21, 2020 Local News
PCR Test Van Stationed Outside Fukuoka City Hall
The cumulative total of COVID-19 in the prefecture reached 7,366 as on Sunday, Dec. 20. Meanwhile, a PCR satellite center opened outside of Fukuoka City Hall. The medical van provi...
Dec 5, 2020 Local News
Update: Monkey Apprehended Inside Fukuoka City Hall
A monkey was on the loose in Tenjin for the third day as of the morning of Dec. 5, despite attempts by local police officers and firefighters to continue to capture the monkey held...
Dec 4, 2020 Local News
Monkey Leads Police On Chase Inside Fukuoka City Hall
On Dec. 3, a monkey was found running around Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. The first report to the police was made by a resident who witnessed it running through Suzaki Park. The monkey...
Dec 2, 2020 Local News
IMS Hall Available For Free
The IMS building in Tenjin, which will close in August 2021, offers free use of its event hall to non-commercial art activities for the next nine months. The 1989-opened commercial...
Nov 25, 2020 Local News
New Live Music Venue Opened in Daimyo
Tokyo-based music label LD&K Inc. opened its first live house & bar in Fukuoka on Nov. 18. The open format of the cafe & bar ‘Tengoku’ (heaven) welcomes guests into its dining spac...
Nov 20, 2020 Local News
H. Gen Kozuru Family Exhibition 2020 – The Wind from Topsfield
A Boston-base ceramic artist, Hajime Gen Kozuru, was born into a Agano-yaki artist family in Fukuoka. Well over one-hundred pieces created by him and his three children will be on ...
Nov 16, 2020 Local News
Redevelopment Plans for Fukuoka Building Updated
Nishitetsu announced updated plans for the redevelopment of the former Fukuoka Building and neighboring buildings. The project was adjusted to reflect the possibility of developing...
Nov 13, 2020 Local News
Japanet to Relocate Some Functions from Tokyo to Tenjin
Japanet Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan's largest direct shopping companies, plans to relocate some of its core functions to Fukuoka. The Nagasaki-based company currently runs the...
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
Fukuoka City To Develop New Large Public Square in Tenjin
The public space consists of two sections (across the road between IMS and Tenjin Twin Bldg.) measuring 500 m2 and 300 m2, respectively. The ‘Tenjin Big Bang’ redevelopment project...
