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Feb 10, 2021 Local News
Fukuoka Governor Ogawa Remains Hospitalized
The vice-governor of Fukuoka Prefecture, Seitaro Hattori, told a press conference yesterday that 71-year-old Governor Hiroshi Ogawa was diagnosed with primary lung adenocarcinoma. ...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Company Partners with Astrazeneca for Vaccine Formulation
The British–Swedish pharmaceutical company, Astrazeneca, announced a partnership with KM Biologics in Kumamoto City for the domestic formulation of new coronavirus vaccines. Vaccin...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Kitakyushu City Opens Online Agriculture and Fishery Festival
Kitakyushu City’s ‘Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Festival’ will be held online until Feb. 28. The annual festival to sell and promote local specialties and fresh produce was sc...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Low Temperature Freezers Vaccines Arrived at Kyushu Cancer Center
An ultra-cold freezer to store new coronavirus vaccines arrived at the Kyushu Cancer Center on Feb. 5. The center is one of the one-hundred designated hospitals whose workers will ...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Job Support Program for Nakasu Workers Launched
The Nakasu Daigaku job support program for mothers who work in bars and restaurants in the Nakasu nightlife district was established. A nursery manager, Mayumi Kusano, who takes ca...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Kagoshima Tsumugi Dance Campaign Launched
The Honba Oshima Tsumugi silk association launched a fun campaign named “Tsumugi de Dance.” To promote this traditional fabric’s characteristics that can be worn in daily life and ...
Feb 9, 2021 Local News
Nakagawa City Pro E-sport Readies For Competition
On February 3, the Nakagawa City-based professional E-sport team, For7, made a courtesy visit to the city’s mayor. The 2020-established squad will compete in the Pubg Mobile Japan ...
Feb 8, 2021 Local News
MK Taxi Hires 200 Drivers For Post-pandemic Demand
Local taxi company, Fukuoka MK, plans to recruit some 200 drivers to prepare for post-pandemic demand. The company announced on Feb. 2 that it would quadruple the number of new emp...
Feb 5, 2021 Local News
Record Low Applicants For Elementary School Teacher Jobs In Fukuoka
Kyushu regions marked its record-lowest job-openings-to-applicants ratios for teaching positions at elementary schools. While the national average in 2019 fell to...
Feb 5, 2021 Local News
First Building of Hakata Connected Project Completed
On Feb. 3, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. announced the completion of its first office building in Fukuoka City. A 4-minute walk through a roofed promenade from...
