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Sep 4, 2020 Local News
Fabbit Opens New Coworking Space in Munakata
Tokyo-based Fabbit, a coworking space operator that is part of the Apaman Group, has opened a new space in Munakata City. The space, the fifth in the prefecture, is housed in a ren...
Sep 4, 2020 Local News
Startup Support Center Completed in Koga City
A startup support center housed in a renovated vacant shop in the shopping arcade outside the west exit of JR Koga Station has been completed. Dubbed Create Space Miraco, the cente...
Sep 4, 2020 Local News
LINE Fukuoka to Expand its B2G Platform Nationwide
LINE Fukuoka, which has developed a business-to-government (B2G) service platform for Fukuoka City, will begin offering its services to local governments throughout Japan. LINE and...
Sep 4, 2020 Local News
Office Building to Occupy Site of the Former Hakata Star Lanes
NTT Urban Development and Taisei Corporation have begun construction on the Hakata Ekimae 1-Chome Development Project in Hakata Ward. The two companies will build a 10-story buildi...
Sep 4, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka’s Leading Restaurants Collaborate on Luxurious Delivered Meal
Seven of Fukuoka’s trendsetting restaurants have collaborated to develop Hakata Kaikai; a luxury delivery-meal set available inside Fukuoka City. Inside a reusable container are ni...
Sep 3, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture To Designate Priority Medical Facilities
Fukuoka Prefecture is bracing for the next corona-infection spike by designating ‘priority medical facilities.’ The government recently reviewed its handling of the virus spread be...
Sep 2, 2020 Local News
Mobile Pharmacy Tested In Case of Eathquakes Amidst The Corona Pandemic
Fukuoka City conducted a test to open a pharmacy inside a mobile van in preparation for dealing with the possibility of having to deal with earthquakes or other disasters during th...
Sep 2, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Introduces New 30-min Corona Testing System
Fukuoka Prefecture will introduce three faster-coronavirus antigen testing devices. The device can handle 500 tests per day and require just 30 minutes to produce results. The devi...
Sep 2, 2020 Local News
Strong Typhoon To Pass Over Fukuoka This Afternoon and Tonight
Typhoon Maysak is approaching Northern Kyushu, bringing expected-maximum wind gusts of 30 m/s across inland Fukuoka Prefecture tonight. The Japan Meteorological Agency warns people...
Sep 1, 2020 Local News
Heisei Chikuho Railway Trials Bicycles on Trains
On August 29, Heisei Chikuho Railway conducted a trial carrying passengers with bicycles. The company’s train connects nicely with the Nogata-Kitakyushu cycle route and the Imagawa...