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Dec 14, 2020 Local News
Last Trains on Nishitetsu Omuta Line To Depart Earlier
Nishitetsu plans to bring forward the departure time of the last train of the Omuta line. Reflecting on the reduced number of passengers due to the impact of the new coronavirus sp...
Dec 14, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Corona Warning Issued for Second Time
The second ‘Fukuoka Corona Warning’ was issued on December 12. According to the prefecture, the situation exceeded two of the four criteria as of December 11. (1) hospital bed occu...
Dec 11, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Discontinues Use of Hanko For 5,000 Procedures
Fukuoka Prefecture prepares to discontinue the use of personal hanko seals for approximately five thousand procedures. Amongst those are application forms of personal and...
Dec 9, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Dispatches Three Nurses to Osaka Corona Treatment Center
Fukuoka Prefecture announced the dispatch of three local nurses to Osaka. In response to Osaka’s request for such support, these nurses, who belong to Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, will...
Dec 9, 2020 Local News
New Corona Patients in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Rise
On December 7, Fukuoka Prefecture reported 65 new cases of the new coronavirus infection. The daily count exceeded sixty for the first time since the end of August. Fifty-seven of ...
Dec 7, 2020 Local News
Fifty Percent Off PCR Testing For Elderly In Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City plans to subsidize the cost of PCR tests for residents of 65 years old and over by half. Budgets for the program and other new coronavirus-related actions (total: ¥528...
Dec 5, 2020 Local News
Update: Monkey Apprehended Inside Fukuoka City Hall
A monkey was on the loose in Tenjin for the third day as of the morning of Dec. 5, despite attempts by local police officers and firefighters to continue to capture the monkey held...
Dec 4, 2020 Local News
Monkey Leads Police On Chase Inside Fukuoka City Hall
On Dec. 3, a monkey was found running around Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. The first report to the police was made by a resident who witnessed it running through Suzaki Park. The monkey...
Dec 2, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Subway Discontinues Special Late Night Trains
Fukuoka City Subway discontinued the operation of the ‘Friday Night Train’ for December, 2020. Since 2013, they operated late-night trains on Fridays in the month of December...
Dec 1, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Seeks Volunteers for Free COVID19 Antibody Test
Fukuoka Prefecture is looking for 3,000 residents to volunteer to take free antibody tests for the new coronavirus. The first-such random tests in the prefecture are part of the na...
