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Jan 22, 2021 Local News
Public Group and Lawyers Petition For Reasonable School Uniform Rules
A group of residents in Fukuoka City submitted an official requisition to improve the in-school regulations pertaining to student clothing. The group, consisting of local parents a...
Jan 22, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu City Fights Back Against C19 Discrimination
Kitakyushu City released an animation clip to discourage new coronavirus-linked discrimination. Biased views and maltreatment of infected people remain a nationwide issue, and the ...
Jan 6, 2021 Local News
Web Entrepreneur Hired Direct City’s Digital Innovation
Fukuoka City hired Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of ‘2Channel’ (*current ‘5Channel’) online forum, as its advisor for the digitization of public administration. The France-residing w...
Dec 25, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City to Build Next-generation R & D Center with On-site Housing
Fukuoka City has announced plans to open a next-generation R & D center with on-site housing near Kyushu University’s Ito Campus in October 2022. The land earmarked for the site is...
Dec 25, 2020 Local News
Unreasonably Strict Clothing Rules Rules at Local JH Schools
On Dec. 22, Fukuoka Bar Association announced the results of its research on local school dress rules. It pointed out that some unreasonably strict rules are in effect at municipal...
Dec 2, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Distributed Over 100,000 Tablets To Students
Fukuoka City began its new IT-based education program, ‘GIGA School,’ as of December 1. The board of education distributed approximately 127,000 tablets to pupils and students who ...
Dec 2, 2020 Local News
Itoshima City Relocation Consultation Offered Via Zoom
Beginning on Dec. 1, Itoshima City provides online relocation consultation via Zoom. The city has aimed to expand its population by encouraging relocation of urban towns; however, ...
Nov 25, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka University Joins Study on C19 Related Suicides
Fukuoka University and five other universities in Japan began research on relations between the new coronavirus spread and the recent increase in the number of suicide attempts. Ac...
Nov 11, 2020 Local News
Subsidized Sale for Goods Produced by Entities Staffed with Persons with Disabilities
Ninety-five Fukuoka-based factories and eateries at which people with disabilities produce food and other items will offer special discounts between Nov. 1 ~ Dec. 31. While the imp...
Oct 29, 2020 Local News
Final Five Days For Tiempo Iberoamericano’s Crowdfund Project
NPO Tiempo Iberoamericano is a Latin cultural center based in Fukuoka that has for 23 years introduced Latin culture from dance, music, arts, language to food to the city of Fukuok...