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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 27, 2021 Local News
Ambitious Video Art Project in Canal City Repaired
The 1996-installed video art by the Korean artist, Nam June Paik, is finally working again inside Canal City Hakata. Titled “Fuku/Luck, Fuku=Luck, Matrix,” the 5.4 m x 10.7 m art i...
Aug 27, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City ES and JHS To Stagger Start Times
The Fukuoka City Board of Education announced new guidelines to prevent the new coronavirus infections after the second term. To reduce risks while continuing school education, loc...
Aug 26, 2021 Local News
Hawks to Allow Double Vaccinated Fans Into Dome
In response to the state of emergency declared in Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks are currently playing home games without spectators. However, for the four games from t...
Aug 25, 2021 Local News
Department Store Sales Up in Fukuoka
Department stores in Fukuoka City reported an 8% increase in sales for July. According to a Japan Department Stores Association report, monthly sales of the four stores totaled...
Aug 24, 2021 Local News
Cleaning Staff Suspected of Stealing Softbank Hawks Equipment
A 23-year-old janitor for PayPay Dome was arrested on suspicion of stealing a baseball glove belonging to Tsuyoshi Wada, a pitcher of the Softbank Hawks. The suspect allegedly sto...
Aug 23, 2021 Local News
New E Sport Complex in Tenjin
Challengers ' Park opened one of the largest e-sport complexes in Western Japan, in Tenjin on Aug. 20. Located on the 8th floor of Tenjin Loft Building, the 610-m2 facility offers ...
Aug 19, 2021 Local News
News Rooftop Sports To Open in Hakata
A new sports facility will open in the spring of 2022 on the rooftop of Mitsui Shopping Park Lalaport Fukuoka. The 10,000-m2 facility in Hakata Ward features Kyushu’s first ‘MIFA F...