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May 29, 2020 Local News
Local Rail Lines Add Up To Huge Deficits for JR Kyushu
JR Kyushu announced that seventeen sections of their local rail lines face large deficits for the fiscal year 2018. For example, the sections between Saeki-Nobeoka (Nippo Main Line...
May 25, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu Cancels Plans for Additional Summer Trains
The company, which operated an additional 450 shinkansen trains and 1,061 express trains between July to September in 2019, plans no such operations this year for the first time si...
May 4, 2020 Local News
Online Koishiwara Pottery Fair Runs Until May 6
An online ceramic fair featuring Koishiwara ware and Takatori ware began on May 3. While the Koishiwara Spring Ceramic Festival in Toho Town was canceled amidst the impact of the n...
May 3, 2020 Local News
Kyushu National Museum Inspires People to Write to Friends in Hieroglyph
The project was initially developed for the 'Egypt: The Land of Discovery' exhibition, scheduled between Apr. 25 ~ Jun. 21. However, as the event was canceled to prevent the spread...
May 1, 2020 Local News
COVID-19 Fukuoka Foreign Residents Survey
The state of emergency in Fukuoka Prefecture began over three weeks ago, and it will likely be extended. How are you doing? With this survey, Fukuoka Now is surveying the experienc...
Apr 30, 2020 Local News
Online Seven-Night Shochu Event
A Tokyo-based trading company is collaborating with seven shochu distillers in Kyushu in a Zoom-based charity event. Named 'Thousand Nights and Seven Nights - Shochu Caravan Night,...
Apr 30, 2020 Local News
Kyushu Remote Islands Ask Visitors to Stay Away
Remote islands in Kyushu are sending out messages to discourage people from visiting during the Golden Week holidays. The promotional committee for remote islands in Fukuoka Prefec...
Apr 27, 2020 Local News
Koishiwara Yaki and Takatori Yaki Close Shops and Galleries
The ceramic studios of Koishiwara-yaki and Takatori-yaki areas will stop onsite sales until May 6. An organization formed by local ceramic makers requested its members to temporari...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Shochu Distillers & Sake Brewers Produce Sanitizers
Local sake brewers have developed alcohol products to substitute sanitizers. An Asakura-based brewer, Shinozaki, released 'ALC66' contains 66% alcohol. Intending to return support ...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Video Shot Across Kyushu Offer Cheer To People at Home
An online video created by JR Kyushu is gaining attention. To cheer up people amidst the impact of the new coronavirus, video shot at twenty-one spots across the seven prefectures ...