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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,...
Apr 26, 2021 Local News
Sukesan Udon Provides Free Food For Children’s Cafeterias
Sukesan, a major udon noodle restaurant chain in Fukuoka Prefecture, launched an initiative to serve food at ‘kodomo shokudo’...
Apr 15, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu Prepares to Host LGBT Weddings
Kitakyushu-based wedding halls and photo studios held a joint seminar to provide services for LGBT couples. Approximately seventy workers attended the first meeting...
Apr 14, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City Introduces New Teacher-hiring System
Fukuoka City’s board of Education announced a new recruiting system for school teachers for the fiscal year of 2022. The committee partnered with fifteen universities, colleges, an...