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Jul 28, 2021 Local News
Sharks Spotted Off Itoshima Coast
On the morning of the 28th, about 10 sharks, believed to be hammerhead sharks, were found 200 meters off the coast of Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The police are calling for ...
Jul 28, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka-based Aeon Introduces Price Scanning Shopping
Aeon Kyushu announced the introduction of a cashier-less shopping system at one of its supermarkets in Fukuoka. On July 28, shoppers at Aeon Hara Shop in Sawara Ward can use an...
Jul 28, 2021 Local News
NEC To Move Over a thousand Employees to Tenjin Business Center
NEC Corporation announced the opening of a new large-scale office inside the soon-to-be-completed Tenjin Business Center. It will relocate all seven of its offices elsewhere in Fuk...
Jul 28, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Host Next-generation Data Centers
A task force will be established to apply for a national government project to develop up to five such centers. Taking advantage of the area’s lower risk of earthquakes...
Jul 27, 2021 Local News
English Village Planned For Former Space World Site
The first "English Village" in Western Japan will open on the site of the former Space World in the spring of 2022. The educational attraction inside the outlet mall will be called...
Jul 27, 2021 Local News
Business Restrictions To Be Resumed in Fukuoka
Cases of the new coronavirus infection continue to top the one hundred per day count. The daily count for July 26 was 172, including 105 in Fukuoka City. Following the recently ann...
Jul 21, 2021 Local News
Free PCR Tests at Airport and Shinkansen Stations
Fukuoka Prefecture will provide free PCR screenings at airports and stations to reduce the risk of the new coronavirus infections for those arriving from outer regions during summe...
Jul 21, 2021 Local News
Container Crane To Get Giraffe Makeover
A very tall giraffe will appear on Fukuoka City’s Island City in early 2022. The mayor of the city, Soichiro Takashima, told a press conference that one of the six gantry cranes at...
Jul 20, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City To Setup Street Pianos
Fukuoka City is seeking donations of pianos to augment city culture. The city plans to set up multiple street pianos around the city in mid-August; the city’s music council calls f...
Jul 20, 2021 Local News
18 Fukuoka Commercial Join MyRoute
Eighteen commercial facilities in Tenjin and Hakata joined the ‘my route’ application-based MaaS project for Fukuoka. By selling their first transportation-commercial collaborative...