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Dec 11, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu Announces Additional Trains New Year Period
JR Kyushu announced additional express trains between Dec. 26, 2020, ~ Jan. 11, 2021. According to the company, a total of 205 special trains, including the Kamome, Midori, and Hui...
Dec 11, 2020 Local News
Finnish Food Delivery Service Begins in Fukuoka
A Finnish food-delivery company, Wolt, began operation in Fukuoka City on Dec. 10. The new service is available in Chuo Ward, Hakata Ward, and some areas of Minami Ward. Staff in b...
Dec 11, 2020 Local News
Kyushu Economical Index Improved For Seventh Consecutive Month
According to the Kyushu Economic Research Center's recent report, the economic index for December in Kyushu was 104.3, up by 2.2 points from November. Though the regional economy.....
Dec 11, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Discontinues Use of Hanko For 5,000 Procedures
Fukuoka Prefecture prepares to discontinue the use of personal hanko seals for approximately five thousand procedures. Amongst those are application forms of personal and...
Dec 9, 2020 Local News
Hakata Port Lighthouse Santa Wears a Mask This Year
This year the Santa Claus decoration on the 19 meter-high lighthouse at Hakata Port, a Christmas season tradition of sixteen years, is wearing a mask. This mask measures 1.8 meters...
Dec 9, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Dispatches Three Nurses to Osaka Corona Treatment Center
Fukuoka Prefecture announced the dispatch of three local nurses to Osaka. In response to Osaka’s request for such support, these nurses, who belong to Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, will...
Dec 9, 2020 Local News
Takashima Reflects on 10th year as Fukuoka Mayor
On December 7, Soichiro Takashima celebrated his tenth year as mayor of Fukuoka City. In a recent interview, he said he felt the city regained energy in the time since he took over...
Dec 9, 2020 Local News
New Corona Patients in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Rise
On December 7, Fukuoka Prefecture reported 65 new cases of the new coronavirus infection. The daily count exceeded sixty for the first time since the end of August. Fifty-seven of ...
Dec 8, 2020 Local News
Kurume Kasuri Lucky-charm Masks Debut
Chikugo City-based Ikeda Kasuri Kobo debuted a ‘Ren-ai joju’ (lucky charm for love) mask in collaboration with the local Koinoki Shrine. The shinto shrine is known as the only plac...
Dec 8, 2020 Local News
Regional Value Fund Established For Mid-small Companies
Dogan Inc., a Fukuoka-based company that invests in local entrepreneurs, established a new organization to assist financial recoveries from the impact of the new coronavirus spread...