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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...
Oct 27, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Splits Coming of Age Ceremonies
Fukuoka City announced double schedules for the Coming of Age Ceremony in 2021. The event traditionally welcomes some 9,000 residents aged twenty to the venue Marine Messe. However...
Oct 26, 2020 Local News
Task Force Patrols Orchards to Protect Fruit
Fukuoka Prefectural Police set up a special task force to protect local fruit farms. The team, named ‘Kajuen Mamori Tai’ (果樹園守り隊), consists of officers at nine police boxes in the ...
Oct 19, 2020 Local News
Remote Sign Language Service Started
Kurume City started an off-site sign language interpretation service using smartphones and other devices. Interpreters work from the city office video-chat with users while they ar...
Oct 19, 2020 Local News
Hakata Wagyu Beef Served at Fukuoka City Elementary Schools
Hakata wagyu beef was served at twenty-eight municipal elementary schools in Fukuoka City, supporting local farmers who suffer the impact of the new coronavirus spread. Using a nat...
Oct 15, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Smart City Consortium Launched
The Fukuoka Smart City Community was launched on Oct. 14. Fukuoka City and nine local companies have been tasked to seek solutions to situations such as recurring natural disasters...
Oct 15, 2020 Local News
Interactive Space for Local Residents and Kyudai Students & Staff Opened
The Motooka Open Salon opened near Kyushu University Ito Campus to promote interactions and collaborations between the local community, university students, and staff. The 50-squar...
Oct 15, 2020 Local News
New Phone Consultation Service In Support of Working Pregnant Women
As of October, the Fukuoka Labor Bureau has begun to provide phone consultations specialized in supporting working pregnant women. The move comes in the background of the impact of...
Oct 8, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Launches MAAS Promotion Group
Fifty-five companies and other organizations are collaborating in the ‘Yokamachi Mirai Project,’ a consortium to activate the local economy of Itoshima. Development of MAAS will be...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Street Fraud Involving Younger Generation on the Rise
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police reports a series of fraudulent schemes, playing on the kindness of a stranger. In July, a twenty-year-old woman was tricked out of ¥40,000 after she ...