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Sep 8, 2021 Local News
State of Emergency (SOE) to be extended in Fukuoka Prefecture until September 30.
An announcement by the central government was made around 19:30 today. The state of emergency was to be lifted on September 12 but will be extended in 19 of 22 currently concerned ...
Aug 31, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka To Open Nighttime Junior High School
The Fukuoka City Board of Education will open a night junior high school next April so students who have not received enough compulsory education due to non-attendance can study ag...
Aug 6, 2021 Local News
Some Health Workers Risk Karoshi
Some one-hundred staff members at the health centers of Fukuoka Prefecture worked over the standard set risk of karoshi (overwork to death.) Due to the increasing workload amidst t...
Jul 15, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City Announces Subsidies and Support For Local Artists
Fukuoka City announced a new program to support local artists. Performers of music, dance, theater, and traditional arts, painters, and other artists who have been active in the ci...
Jun 29, 2021 Local News
500 Yen Per Month Medical Cap Set For JHS Students
Fukuoka City announced an expanded medical support program for local children. Aiming to ensure all children have proper access to medical care regardless of their financial situat...
Jun 23, 2021 Local News
Several Municipalities to Provide Evacuation Information Via Line
On June 16, Fukuoka Prefecture launched a new program to provide disaster information for selected municipalities via LINE. Designed to support local residents and their families l...
Jun 11, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Warns Noncompliant Eateries
On Jun. 10, Fukuoka Prefecture revealed it had warned twenty non-compliant eateries of the new coronavirus-related business requests. The prefectural governor, Seitaro Hattori, exp...
Jun 8, 2021 Local News
Koga City Introduces Familyship Program For LGBT Couples And Their Children
Koga City announced the introduction of the first ‘partnership and family ship certificate system’ in Kyushu. Beginning in July 2021, the city would issue registration cards to tho...
Jun 8, 2021 Local News
Kyushu Area Birthrate Statistics Released
Four prefectures in Kyushu reported lower birth rates for 2020 compared to the year before. The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare released a national report on the latest birt...
Jun 3, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu Woman Donated One Hundred Million Yen to Board of Education
Kitakyushu City’s board of education received a ¥100 million donation from a local woman who had passed away in March at the age of ninety-seven. Having had no children on her own,...