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Sep 1, 2021 Local News
2,200 Students Opt for Online School in Fukuoka City
As many as 2,200 pupils and students from Fukuoka City’s municipal elementary and junior high schools took online classes on Aug. 30. The regional education committee revealed that...
Sep 1, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Music City Launches New Website
The Music City Council of Fukuoka launched a new website to promote local music-related initiatives. The website, Otojiro, introduces Fukuoka City-based young artists and posts var...
Sep 1, 2021 Local News
Pietro To Transition to Renewable Energy
Fukuoka-based Pietro announced its commitment to using 100% renewable energy. The project aims to complete a transition to clean energy at Pietro’s offices and factories by 2025, i...
Sep 1, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City Procures Additional Vaccine Doses
Fukuoka City announced the procurement of 174,600 additional doses of the new coronavirus vaccine. These will be administered at the vaccination venue in each ward, the city’s crui...
Aug 31, 2021 Local News
IMS Building in Tenjin Closes Permanently Today
Sadly the IMS (Inter Media Station) building in Tenjin will close permanently today. Opened in 1989 as an "information and culture transmission base" and considered a trendsetter f...
Aug 31, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Startup Develops AI system to Monitor Hand Washing
The Fukuoka-based startup Tsumug Inc. has developed an AI-based device to check if people wash their hands thoroughly. Trials began in collaboration with Fukuoka City at two of TiN...
Aug 31, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka To Open Nighttime Junior High School
The Fukuoka City Board of Education will open a night junior high school next April so students who have not received enough compulsory education due to non-attendance can study ag...
Aug 31, 2021 Local News
Percentage of Vaccinated Population in Fukuoka Over 54%
According to the latest information released by the government, more than 54% of the people in Fukuoka Prefecture have received at least one dose of the new coronavirus vaccine, an...
Aug 30, 2021 Local News
Arrivals From Overseas into Kyushu Up
According to the latest report by the Kyushu District Transport Bureau, 453 people entered Japan via Kyushu in July, including 452 at Fukuoka Airport. The figure increased by 81 co...
Aug 30, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu To Open Hot Spring Resort In Ureshino
JR Kyushu announced the opening of a new hot spring facility in Ureshino City, Saga Prefecture. They purchased a 9,600-m2 plot which includes two onsen sources. The company’s third...
