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Jun 29, 2021 Local News
500 Yen Per Month Medical Cap Set For JHS Students
Fukuoka City announced an expanded medical support program for local children. Aiming to ensure all children have proper access to medical care regardless of their financial situat...
Jun 28, 2021 Local News
Census Shows Population Increase in Fukuoka and Decline in Kitakyushu
The preliminary data of the 2020 national census revealed that Fukuoka City experienced a five-year population growth of 4.9%, the fastest rate among the ordinance-designated citie...
Jun 25, 2021 Local News
Vaccinations For Younger Age Groups To Begin at Cruise Center
On July 5, Fukuoka City will administer COVID-19 vaccinations for residents under 64 at the Chuo Wharf Cruise Center. The mayor of the city, Soichiro Takashima, told a press confer...
Jun 25, 2021 Local News
Sauna-equipped Coworking Space Opens
A sauna-equipped coworking space, called Co-Spa, opened near Fukuoka Airport. Located inside the sento bathing facility, Hakata no mori Yudokoro Tsukinoyu, a shared office called C...
Jun 25, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka City To Open Nighttime Vaccination Center
The first twenty-four-hour vaccination facility in Japan will open in Fukuoka City on Jul. 20 at the Fukuoka City Hospital in Hakata Ward. Injections will be given between 22:00 to...
Jun 23, 2021 Local News
JR Hakata Station Chikushiguchi Renovation Begins
Fukuoka City began the renovation of the station square outside the Chikushiguchi exit of JR Hakata Station. As part of the city’s ‘Hakta Connected’ redevelopment project, the area...
Jun 22, 2021 Local News
Post-war Photos of Fukuoka by US Military Online
Fukuoka City Museum launched an online project to introduce scenes of post-war Fukuoka photographed by the U.S. military. As part of the museum’s tradition to...
Jun 17, 2021 Local News
Nishitetsu Provides Some Free Rides to Vaccination Venues
On June 11, Nishitetsu began providing free rides to the new coronavirus vaccination venue in the Ikiminami area in Nishi Ward of Fukuoka City, using its on-demand microbus ‘Noruto...
Jun 17, 2021 Local News
Miyako Hotel Hakata Runs Vaccination Promotion
Miyako Hotels & Resorts announced its "COVID-19 Vaccination Support Plan" for its seventeen domestic hotels on June 15. Aiming to provide relaxing moments before and...
Jun 15, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka’s Firefighters To Receive Vaccinations Earlier
Fukuoka City announced a new program to vaccinate local firefighters and other disaster-relief workers, and volunteer members against the new coronavirus from this month. The city’...