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Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Transportation Companies Take Steps to Discourage Travel During Golden Week
Local transportation companies have announced limited schedules for the upcoming Golden Week holidays. Nishitetsu announced on April 22 that it would reduce the number of local-bus...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Requests For Temporary Business Closures in Kyushu Increase
Kagoshima, Oita, and Okinawa Prefectures plan to increase requests for businesses such as entertainment facilities and bars with businesses with guest services to close temporarily...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Governor Requests 36 Noncompliant Businesses To Close – Fukuoka’s First Drive-Through PCR Test Facility Opens
On April 23, twelve more cases of COVID-19 infection were found in Fukuoka Prefecture, bringing the cumulative total to 575. Also, the prefecture announced its fourteenth and fifte...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Flower Sale to Support Farmers in Itoshima
Buying freshly cut flowers can make a stay-at-home weekend more pleasant and support local growers at the same time. JA Itoshima will hold special flower sales on this coming Frida...
Apr 23, 2020 Local News
Local Sweets Company Donates 10,000 Masks to Children
Chidoriya, an Iizuka-based confectionery known for Tirolian, donated 10,000 surgical masks to local children clubs on April 19. The company hoped to return the goodwill it has rece...
Apr 23, 2020 Local News
COVID-19 Cluster In Kurume City Nightclub – Ten Test Positive Including Seven Foreigners
Fukuoka Prefecture announced 21 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections on Apr. 22, including a suspected cluster at a nightclub in Kurume City. The nightclub continued to oper...
Apr 22, 2020 Local News
Hakata Gion Yamakasa Officially Canceled for the Summer of 2020
The organizers of the Fukuoka’s best-known traditional festival held a general meeting on April 20, in which the first cancelation of the event since 1948 was decided. While street...
Apr 22, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu Cancels All Express Trains During Golden Week
JR Kyushu announced the cancelation of all express trains during the coming Golden Week holidays to reduce travel between different prefectures. Reflecting upon the nationwide expa...
Apr 22, 2020 Local News
Fifty Jobs Offered to Recently Unemployed – Now 542 COVID-19 Cases in Fukuoka
On April 21, twenty-one more cases of COVID-19 infections were confirmed in Fukuoka Prefecture, bringing the cumulative total for the prefecture to 542. In other news, the prefectu...
Apr 21, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Mayor Hints at Park Equipment Closure – Request Citizens Remain Put for Golden Week
Fukuoka City updated their information regarding its support program for local eateries. The program refunds ¥500 to customers who order delivered meals of ¥1,000 or more between A...
