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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...
Feb 3, 2021 Local News
Details on Fukuoka’s Emergency Extension Announced
On the evening of Feb. 2., the national government officially announced an extended state of emergency for ten prefectures, including Fukuoka, until Mar. 7. Reflecting on the annou...
Feb 2, 2021 Local News
Mayor Announces Fukuoka’s Vaccination Strategy
Fukuoka City announced a five-month plan to vaccinate the city’s population against the new coronavirus. The mayor of the city, Soichiro Takashima, told a press conference on Feb. ...
Feb 2, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Has 10 Billion Yen Unused Pandemic Funds
Approximately ¥10 billion of the new coronavirus relief funds remain unused in Fukuoka Prefecture. The prefecture received around ¥44 billion in grants from the national government...
Feb 2, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Lends Out Pulse Oxi Monitors
Beginning on February 1, Fukuoka Prefecture will lend pulse oximeters to people receiving new coronavirus treatment at home. The medical device calculates oxygen levels in the bloo...
Feb 2, 2021 Local News
Large Scale Coworking Space opens Near Kokura Station
Atomica, one of the largest coworking spaces in Kyushu, opened in front of Kokura Station on Feb. 1. Located on the seventh floor of ‘I’m Shopping Mall,’ the 770 square-meter offic...
Feb 2, 2021 Local News
New Paid Lounge Opens Inside Fukuoka Airport Domestic Terminal
A new passenger lounge, Lounge Time/ South, opened inside the secure area of Fukuoka Airport Domestic Terminal on Jan. 28. Thirty meters apart from the South security screening poi...