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Jan 7, 2022 Local News
New Fixed-rate Service For Export Packages From Fukuoka’s Ports
Kyushu Economic Federation partnered with Fukuoka Sonoriku in providing a new freight service, ‘Tsunagaru Bin,’ for export products. To boost small-scale exports (max. 50 boxes) fr...
Jan 7, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture To Support Japanese Language Education for International Trainees
Fukuoka Prefecture will provide Japanese language classes for technical trainees from the fiscal year of 2022. In the past, these interns had only 1~2 months to learn Japanese befo...
Jan 6, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Creator Wins Award at Asian Projection Mapping Contest
Fukuoka-based creator, Kazunobu Noguchi, won an award at one of the largest project-mapping contests in Asia. Noguchi’s program, “Shidainote Hands of New Age,” was the only Japanes...
Dec 25, 2021 Local News
First Case Of Omicron Strain Confirmed In Fukuoka
According to officials in Fukuoka Prefecture, a person living in the prefecture was confirmed today as infected with the Omicron strain, a new variant of the new coronavirus. This ...
Dec 24, 2021 Local News
Top Ten News Stories for Fukuoka Prefecture in 2021
#1 - Society-wide fight against the new coronavirus pandemic...
Dec 24, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu Converts 29 More Stations To Unmanned Stations
Twenty-nine JR stations in Kyushu will be converted to unmanned stations by March 2022. JR Kyushu recently revealed the names of those stations, including nine in Fukuoka Prefectur...
Dec 24, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Foreign Investment Promotion Seminar 2022 to be Held
On Jan. 26, the Prefecture-sponsored Fukuoka Foreign Investment Promotion Seminar will be held online. Although the social situation has changed drastically due to the COVID-19 pan...
Dec 24, 2021 Local News
Satonohi Wonder Base to Open in January 2022
In January of next year, a coworking space called Satonohi Wonder Base will open in Munakata City based on the concept that it will serve as a place to solve local issues such as t...
Dec 24, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Establishes Wind Power Industry Promotion Council
Fukuoka Prefecture has established the Fukuoka Wind Power Industry Promotion Council, a new body comprising companies, organizations and other members. Masayoshi Nuki, an advisor t...
Dec 24, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Teams up with ANA Holdings on Regional Revitalization
Fukuoka Prefecture and ANA Holdings have concluded a cooperative agreement on regional revitalization The agreement covers eight items, including the promotion of tourism and prefe...