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Sep 25, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Encourages Businesses To Move to Fukuoka on Trial Basis
Reflecting on the increased interest in rural relocation, Fukuoka City is collaborating with two co-working spaces and a resort hotel on offers of discounted rates for those who tr...
Sep 25, 2020 Local News
Softbank Hawks Launch Multilingual Game Highlight Stream
Softbank Hawks plans to stream game highlights of the regular season in English, Chinese (traditional) and Korean. Beginning on September 19, the baseball team will post twenty-two...
Sep 23, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Hotel Occupancy Ranked 4th Worst in Japan
A report disclosed that the August hotel occupancy rate in Fukuoka Prefecture ranked fourth-worst in Japan. While the entire nation experienced some improvements in August’s bookin...
Sep 23, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Recorded Largest Number of Centenarians
Fukuoka Prefecture recorded 3,524 residents centenarians, the largest number of all prefectures in Japan. Ahead of the Respect for the Aged Day on Sep. 21, the prefecture reported ...
Sep 23, 2020 Local News
Share Cycle Operator Partners With Fukuoka-based Mobby Ride
On September 18, Fukuoka-based e-kickboard share company, Mobby Ride Inc., announced a partnership with Neuet, the operating company of Chari Chari bicycle share service. The two c...
Sep 23, 2020 Local News
Nishitetsu Considers Cutting Some Late Night Trains
Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. held a news conference on September 17, in which it explained their intention to cut some late-night rail services. The President and CEO, Sumio Kur...
Sep 18, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Releases Findings of Foreign Resident Survey
Fukuoka Prefecture conducted a survey in February 2020 to gauge the experience of foreign residents in the prefecture. Randomly selected 1,517 respondents answered questions on thr...
Sep 18, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City To Provides Free Flu Vaccines To Elderly
Fukuoka Prefecture intends to provide free influenza vaccines for residents over sixty-five to reduce excessive strain on the local health system. A project budget of ¥4.2 billion ...
Sep 18, 2020 Local News
Comedians To Lead Fukuoka Fan Club
Fukuoka Prefecture recently launched the 'Fukuoka Fan Club,' aiming to increase the region's popularity amongst nonresidents. The club sends out a regular e-newsletter and updates ...
Sep 18, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu Consider to Build New Station on Kagoshima Line
JR Kyushu is considering developing a new station for its Kagoshima Line, near the stations of Subway Kaizuka and Nishitetsu Kaizuka. The project aims to meet the many requests of ...