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Feb 1, 2023 Local News
7 Parks to Offer Accessible Play Equipment in Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City is taking a major step towards inclusive play, with plans to build seven parks featuring playground equipment accessible to all, regardless of disability. This decisio...
Jan 31, 2023 Local News
Former Children’s Hospital Site Redeveloped into Hospital and Condos
The operator of the redevelopment of the former site of the relocated Children's Hospital (Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City) has been selected. The site will be transformed into a space cen...
Jan 27, 2023 Local News
Zero Ten Entertainment Complex Ready for Tourists and MICE
An opening event for 010 BUILDING (Zero Ten Building), an entertainment and food complex, was held along the Naka River that runs through the center of Fukuoka City yesterday. Loca...
Jan 24, 2023 Local News
Canal East Building To Be Rebuilt Into Condominiums
A portion of the Canal City Hakata commercial complex in Fukuoka City will be demolished in May of this year and replaced with luxury condominiums. The East Building, which opened ...
Jan 24, 2023 Local News
World Swimming Championships Postponement Cost 4.5 Billion
World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023 and World Aquatics Masters Championships Kyushu 2023, which were postponed to this summer, will require an additional 4.5 billion yen in e...
Jan 19, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City Opens Tomorrow
The 3,000 m2 plaza in the center of Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City opens at 13:00 on January 20 (Fri.) on the former site of Daimyo Elementary School. Some tenants are scheduled to ope...
Jan 12, 2023 Local News
Fukuoka City Subway to Install Credit Card Ticket Gates
On January 10, Fukuoka City announced that it would expand the number of stations where credit cards can be used to pass through subway ticket gates from the current seven to 36 st...
Dec 16, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka City’s Food Loss Campaign
Fukuoka City launched a zero food loss campaign for the year-end and new-year holidays. Parties and gatherings during these winter holidays tend to prepare too many dishes. Let’s r...
Dec 15, 2022 Local News
First 5 Companies Join Fukuoka City’s LGBTQ-supportive Program
Fukuoka LGBTQ-Friendly Registration Program found its first five member companies since launching in October. The first initiative of its kind in Kyushu creates inclusive environme...
Dec 15, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Zoo’s Orangutan Dead at 53
Mimi, a popular orangutan, bred at the Fukuoka City Zoo, was found dead on the morning of December 14 at an estimated age of 53. Mimi was the oldest male Bornean orangutan in Japan...