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Mar 14, 2022 Local News
High-end Restaurant Now a PCR Testing Venue
Sankoen, one of the best-known kaiseki restaurants in Fukuoka, closed in 2020 due to the impact of the pandemic is now a free-PCR screening venue. A Tokyo-based operator converted ...
Mar 11, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Restaurant Wins Recipe Contest Using Candies
A Nagoya-based confectionery maker held a unique cooking contest. As implied in its name, ‘okashi-na menu contest,’ the event called for meal recipes using okashi products such as ...
Mar 10, 2022 Local News
Consultation For Ukraine Refugee Offered in Fukuoka
Fukuoka-based NPO, Global Life Support has launched a free consultation service to support refugees from Ukraine. With years of experience supporting foreigners to relocate to Japa...
Mar 10, 2022 Local News
Dontaku Parade Resumes This Year
The organizers of the Hakata Dontaku, announced intentions to resume one of Fukuoka’s biggest annual festivals this year. The event was canceled the past two years due to the sprea...
Mar 10, 2022 Local News
Long Running Tenjin Heiwaro Chinese To Close
Tenjin-based Chinese restaurant, Heiwaro, will close permanently on March 27. The 1947-established restaurant closed its main shop in Shintencho Arcade and all of its other five re...
Feb 24, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka City Ranks Highly In National Survey
Chuo Ward of Fukuoka City ranked fifth in the ‘conscious towns ranking’ by Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. The project ranks dynamic urban towns in Japan by 14 criteria, includi...
Feb 22, 2022 Local News
Kyushu’s First Tesla Store Opens in Momochi
Tesla's first dealership in Kyushu will open inside the Mark Is shopping center in Momochihama, Fukuoka City. The sixth Japanese dealership of the world’s largest EV manufacturer w...
Feb 21, 2022 Local News
Asahi Beer to Relocate Hakata Brewery
As part of its restructuring plans, Asahi Breweries, Ltd. will close Hakata Factory and two other facilities. While the factories in Kanagawa and Ehime will completely close at the...
Feb 18, 2022 Local News
D2C Summit in Fukuoka Showcases Entrepreneurism
D2C Summit The third edition of the D2C (direct-to-consumer) business conference brought together key persons from many leading domestic companies; Rakuten Group, Kao, Shiseido, Ka...
Feb 18, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka City Shortens Third Shot Eligibility To Six Months
To speed up the administration of the third dose of the new coronavirus vaccine, Fukuoka City has decided to shorten the interval between the second and third doses to six months f...
