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Nov 2, 2020 Local News
Social Workers To Speak Directly with Students in Fukuoka Regarding C19 Related Stress
Fukuoka City’s board of education requested municipal elementary, junior high, and high schools to speak individually with all students about their worries and troubles caused by l...
Nov 2, 2020 Local News
Ureshino Onsen Offers Generous Taxi Fee Subsidies
Ureshino City in Saga Prefecture has begun a generous taxi-fee subsidy program for domestic tourists, as of November 1. Over-night guests at participating Ureshino Onsen hot spring...
Nov 2, 2020 Local News
Tour de Kyushu – Yamaguchi to Start in 2023
A new international bicycle race will be held in the Kyushu-Yamaguchi area from 2023.The Kyushu Regional Strategy Council, which currently discusses the matter, aims to hold the ev...
Nov 2, 2020 Local News
Mobile PCR Testing Begins in Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City is introducing a PCR-test van to brace for anticipated COVID-19 clusters at residential care facilities and other places in remote areas. The mobile testing facility m...
Oct 30, 2020 Local News
New Nagasaki Shinknasen To Be Named Kamome
JR Kyushu named the new shinkansen (bullet train), which will run between Nagasaki and Takeo-onsen ‘Kamome.’ The six-car train (N700S) will feature an exterior and interior designe...
Oct 30, 2020 Local News
Line-based E-ticket Tests Begins at Fukuoka City Cultural Facilities in Fukuoka City
A new digital ticketing system will be introduced at five cultural facilities in Fukuoka City on a trial basis. Using a new Line account introduced by the city, Fukuoka Guide (@fuk...
Oct 30, 2020 Local News
SnowPeak and JR Kyushu Collaborates In Tourism Promotion
JR Kyushu announced a partnership with Snow Peak Inc., the Niigata-based international outdoor gear brand. The association's goal is to promote the Kyushu regions' charms by connec...
Oct 30, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture’s Accommodation Discount Campaign Starts November 5
Fukuoka Prefecture will issue special hotel vouchers to accelerate the recovery of local tourism. Beginning on November 5, two different vouchers (a ¥5,000 voucher sold for ¥2,500 ...
Oct 30, 2020 Local News
Kyushu & Korea Leaders Share COVID19 Information
On October 27, three governors and mayors in Kyushu-Yamaguchi and Korea held an online meeting to exchange their latest coronavirus-prevention measures. The leader of Busan City re...
Oct 30, 2020 Local News
Welcome Itoshima Coupon Debuts on November 1
A set of ¥5,000 coupons (¥3,000 x 1 accommodation ticket + ¥500 x 4 shop coupons) will be distributed to guests who stay at registered accommodation facilities inside the city. Eve...
