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May 13, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Achieved Zero Euthanasia in 2019
Fukuoka City achieved zero euthanasia of all healthy dogs and cats in the fiscal year of 2019. During the past five years, the city worked in collaboration with local volunteer gro...
May 13, 2020 Local News
Fifth Consecutive Week of Decline for Fukuoka – One New COVID-19 Infection Yesterday
On May 12, the national government began to consider cutting Fukuoka and three other prefectures from the group of “special alert prefectures.” The number of weekly cases of COVID-...
May 12, 2020 Local News
Hawks Baseball Player Akira Nakamura Donates ¥10,000,000
ukuoka Prefecture is accepting donations to local medical workers as a means of expressing appreciation to their hard work amidst the spread of COVID-19. Beginning on May 11, donat...
May 12, 2020 Local News
Relaxation of Restraints Likely – Avigan Approval for Fukuoka – No new infections in Fukuoka Prefecture
Prefectural Governor Hiroshi Ogawa explained at a press conference on May 11, plans to announce relaxation of restraints, such as business closures, pending the findings of the nat...
May 11, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Amends Manuals to Cope with Possibility of Natural Disasters & COVID-19
Fukuoka Prefecture shared revised guidelines for their evacuation-shelter operation manual in preparation for the possibility of a natural disaster combined with circumstances invo...
May 11, 2020 Local News
Public Asked Not To Crowd Ward Offices
Fukuoka City is asking residents to refrain from visiting Ward Offices except for urgent matters. Since the city began accepting online applications for the national ¥100,000 payou...
May 11, 2020 Local News
GooDay and Shinseido Offer Free Use of Parking Lots to Support Take-out Meal Services
Home center GooDay and Shinseido Drugstore are collaborating with Fukuoka D.C. in a project named ‘Yell! Fukuoka Takeout.” Thirty-nine shops will offer their parking lots for takea...
May 11, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Preparing Guidelines to Adjust Restraints – Two New COVID-19 Cases Yesterday
Fukuoka Prefecture has begun developing guidelines to relax its requests for business closures and self-restraint for outings. A specialist panel reportedly proposed five indexes a...
May 10, 2020 Local News
Scary Stickers By Oita Based Company Remind People To Wash Hands
An Oita-based company has produced scary stickers to encourage people to wash their hands. The disaster-prevention service company, Igujitto, came up with the unique concept of sh...
May 10, 2020 Local News
Shorter Summer Vacations For Schools in Fukuoka City – Two New COVID-19 Cases Yesterday
Fukuoka City’s board of education revealed plans for shorter summer vacations this year. To ensure enough class hours amidst prolonged school closures linked to the new coronavirus...