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Oct 13, 2020 Local News
Kyudai Startup Begins Antigen Testing Using Silkworm Protein
Kyushu-University startup, Kaico Ltd., began taking reservations for its new coronavirus antibody test. The test kit was developed by Kaico and a Saitama-based medical startup, usi...
Oct 13, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture To Launch Go To Eat Coupons in November
Vouchers for ‘Go To Eat’ will become available inside Fukuoka Prefecture in early-November. The tickets can be used until Mar. 31, 2021, at local eateries with ‘COVID-19 Safety’ st...
Oct 13, 2020 Local News
Dazaifu Tenmangu Advises New Year Visitors to Avoid Jan. 1 ~ 3
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine is asking new year visitors to avoid visiting the area between January 1 ~ 3, 2021. Usually, the area is seen by some 2 million people during the first thre...
Oct 13, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Lifts Fukuoka Corona Warning
The warning was implemented on August 5 as part of the prefecture’s medical preparation strategy against the surge of new coronavirus infections. However, in the period between mid...
Oct 8, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Launches MAAS Promotion Group
Fifty-five companies and other organizations are collaborating in the ‘Yokamachi Mirai Project,’ a consortium to activate the local economy of Itoshima. Development of MAAS will be...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Sailor Moon Store To Open in PARCO
Sailor Moon Store in Tokyo will open its first limited-time shop inside Fukuoka PARCO. The internationally-popular girls' manga celebrates the release of new films (Jan. & Feb. in ...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Street Fraud Involving Younger Generation on the Rise
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police reports a series of fraudulent schemes, playing on the kindness of a stranger. In July, a twenty-year-old woman was tricked out of ¥40,000 after she ...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Workation Plans Offered by Huis Ten Bosch and Goto City
he resort-workation at HTB offers a cottage stay inside the amusement park (¥174,000~/30 days) for groups of 1 ~ 5 persons. Guests enjoy free access to the amusement park as well a...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City To Subsidize Treatment For Recurrent Miscarriages
Beginning on October 1, 2020, Fukuoka City will subsidize treatments for recurrent miscarriages (fuikusho.) To support couples who wish to conceive children, the program pays half ...
Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City To Develop New Large Public Square in Tenjin
The public space consists of two sections (across the road between IMS and Tenjin Twin Bldg.) measuring 500 m2 and 300 m2, respectively. The ‘Tenjin Big Bang’ redevelopment project...