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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...
Apr 8, 2021 Local News
Excavations From Hakata Ruins Imply Port’s Importance
Artifacts and architectural items believed to have been used between the late 11th Century and early 12th Century were excavated from the ‘Hakata Ruins’ in Fukuoka City...
Apr 5, 2021 Local News
Daihatsu Launches On-demand Shared Taxi service in Goto, Nagasaki
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. announced a new on-demand bus service in Goto City, Nagasaki. The car manufacturer, which is strong in kei-jidosha (subcompact car) production sector, aims...
Mar 23, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Police Introduces Traffic Signal App for Visually Impaired
Fukuoka Prefectural Police installed four traffic lights that communicate with visually-impaired pedestrians via a smartphone application. The free app, "ShinGO!," informs users of...
Mar 22, 2021 Local News
Kyushu Hospitals Improve Supporting For Teenage Pregnancies
Four hospitals in Kyushu have stepped up their efforts to support teenagers with unexpected pregnancies. While reports of young women giving birth alone or abandoning newborn babie...
Mar 12, 2021 Local News
Improvements For Fukuoka LINE Disaster Management System Announced
Fukuoka City updated the disaster management functions of its official LINE account. With the concept of “disaster management in two taps,” the new system allows users to quickly a...
Feb 26, 2021 Local News
85 People Move To Kitakyushu City – A New Record
A record-high number of people moved to Kitakyushu City in the past ten months. The city revealed that the number of people who moved to the city in the fiscal year of 2020 reached...
Feb 16, 2021 Local News
Controversy Arises Around Muslim Cemetery Development in Oita
The local assembly of Hiji Town in Oita Prefecture will request the national Government to weigh in on a Muslim cemetery's controversial development. A plan to create a Muslim grav...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Job Support Program for Nakasu Workers Launched
The Nakasu Daigaku job support program for mothers who work in bars and restaurants in the Nakasu nightlife district was established. A nursery manager, Mayumi Kusano, who takes ca...
Feb 5, 2021 Local News
Record Low Applicants For Elementary School Teacher Jobs In Fukuoka
Kyushu regions marked its record-lowest job-openings-to-applicants ratios for teaching positions at elementary schools. While the national average in 2019 fell to...