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Jul 23, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka City and Mercari to Collaborate on Various Projects
Fukuoka City and Mercari have agreed on a comprehensive partnership on July 12. The two organizations will collaborate on themes such as promoting local businesses, disaster manage...
Jul 22, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka and Saga Hit Hard by Heavy Rain
Severe rainfall hit the prefectures of Fukuoka and Saga on July 20 and 21 and an evacuation alert (warning level 4) was activated for 57,000 people in the areas of Asakura City and...
Jul 22, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Accommodation Tax Becomes Law
On July 12, an ordinance for levying accommodation taxes on guests who stay overnight in Fukuoka Prefecture was approved by the prefectural assembly. The ordinance includes taxatio...
Jul 19, 2019 Local News
Kitakyushu City Moves One Step Closer to Accommodation Tax
A group of experts approved the introduction of an accommodation tax by Kitakyushu City at a meeting on July 11. Results of a survey answered by 69 persons working for local hotels...
Jul 19, 2019 Local News
No New Yatai Stalls for Nagahama Area
According to an announcement by Fukuoka City, the area designated for yatai (street food stalls) in the Nagahama area will not have any new operators from August this year. The cit...
Jul 19, 2019 Local News
Census Shows Population Growth in Only Fukuoka and Okinawa
According to a census conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, six prefectures in Kyushu recorded decreases in their populations in 2018. Prefectures which...
Jul 18, 2019 Local News
Additional Subways for Hanabi Fantasia Fukuoka 2019
Fukuoka City Subway has announced the operation of special trains on the day of Hanabi Fantasia Fukuoka 2019. A large number of passengers are expected to take the subway on August...
Jul 18, 2019 Local News
Korean and Japanese Diplomatic Row Might Affect LCC Carrier Service
Korean low-cost carrier (LCC) T'way Airlines might cancel the operation of Oita-Busan and Oita-Muan flights in August. Seats for flights of those two routes are currently unavailab...
Jul 18, 2019 Local News
Moths From North and South America Eating Kyushu Crops
Caterpillars of Spodoptera frugiperda (also known as fall armyworm), a foreign moth native to North and South America, has been found in five prefectures in Kyushu. Announcements h...
Jul 17, 2019 Local News
Retail Sales Down in Kyushu During May
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry announced on July 8 that retail sales (across 431 stores) in the region during the month of May were down by 0.6% compared to the s...