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Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Kagoshima Tsumugi Dance Campaign Launched
The Honba Oshima Tsumugi silk association launched a fun campaign named “Tsumugi de Dance.” To promote this traditional fabric’s characteristics that can be worn in daily life and ...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Nakagawa City Pro E-sport Readies For Competition
On February 3, the Nakagawa City-based professional E-sport team, For7, made a courtesy visit to the city’s mayor. The 2020-established squad will compete in the Pubg Mobile Japan ...
Feb 8, 2021 Local News
MK Taxi Hires 200 Drivers For Post-pandemic Demand
Local taxi company, Fukuoka MK, plans to recruit some 200 drivers to prepare for post-pandemic demand. The company announced on Feb. 2 that it would quadruple the number of new emp...
Feb 5, 2021 Local News
Record Low Applicants For Elementary School Teacher Jobs In Fukuoka
Kyushu regions marked its record-lowest job-openings-to-applicants ratios for teaching positions at elementary schools. While the national average in 2019 fell to...
Feb 5, 2021 Local News
First Building of Hakata Connected Project Completed
On Feb. 3, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. announced the completion of its first office building in Fukuoka City. A 4-minute walk through a roofed promenade from...
Feb 5, 2021 Local News
Exchange Students In Fukuoka Eligible for ¥50,000 Financial Aid
Fukuoka City announced financial support for students, including exchange students. Reflecting upon the extension of the ongoing state of emergency until Mar. 7, a subsidy of...
Feb 4, 2021 Local News
Haneda-Fukuoka Flight To Use Recycled Clothes As Fuel
On February 4, Japan Airlines will operate a Haneda-Fukuoka flight burning fuel made from 100,000 pieces of used clothes. The first domestic project to produce fuel from non-fossil...
Feb 4, 2021 Local News
Ume (Plum) Flowers Bloom in Fukuoka
As the traditional Japanese calendar indicates, the beginning of spring, Feb. 3, is referred to as risshun, and plum flowers began to bloom in Fukuoka Prefecture. As of Feb. 1, the...
Feb 4, 2021 Local News
Unko (Poo) Museum Comes to Fukuoka
The ‘Unko Museum’ is coming to Fukuoka between March and August in 2021. The exhibition created a sensational stink in 2019 when it brought an unprecedented fun concept of “the wor...
Feb 3, 2021 Local News
Construction of Second Sheraton Hotel in Kyushu Begins
Construction of the second Sheraton brand hotel in Kyushu began in Kagoshima City. Local trading company, Nangoku Corporation, will build the nineteen-story hotel that the American...