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Aug 31, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City To Subsidize PCR Tests For Pregnant Women
Fukuoka City intends to subsidize PCR tests for pregnant women with close due dates. The city has added a ¥144 million special budget to the revised budget for consideration in the...
Aug 31, 2020 Local News
Starflyer Offers Onboard Planetarium Flight
Starflyer will offer ‘Starlight Flight’ on October 17 featuring a special star projection system developed by Ohira Tech Ltd. The 90-minute flight allows passengers to enjoy an onb...
Aug 31, 2020 Local News
Tenjin Big Bang Tax Exemption Extension Announced
Fukuoka City announced extensions for tax benefits for the ‘Tenjin Big Bang’ projects. In response to potential project revisions due to the impact of the spread of the new coronav...
Aug 31, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City To Subsidize Vaccines for Children and Elderly
Fukuoka City is preparing for coinciding influenza and new coronavirus waves with subsidies for vaccination. It will table a special budget at the September assembly. Children (6 m...
Aug 31, 2020 Local News
21 Year-old-Woman Fatally Stabbed Inside Fukuoka Shopping Center
At approximately 7:30 pm on August 28, a woman was found stabbed to death inside Mark Is Fukuoka Momochi shopping center. The 21-year-old victim, Misato Yoshimatsu, was found lying...
Aug 28, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Mayor Takashima Praises Prime Minister Abe for Policies that Benefited Fukuoka
On the evening of Aug. 28, the mayor of Fukuoka City, Soichiro Takashima, responded to the news of the resignation of the current Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. Referring to the fact ...
Aug 28, 2020 Local News
Balloon Release Event Planned for Futamigaura Beach Itoshima
A thousand balloons will be set loose into the sky of Itoshima, carrying people’s hope to get over the new coronavirus pandemic and recent rain disaster. The largest-scale balloon ...
Aug 28, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu to Reduce Number of Trains on Commuter Lines in Fukuoka
JR Kyushu is planning to reduce the number of trains running in the urban area of Fukuoka. The president of the company, Toshihiko Aoyagi, explained at a press conference that the ...
Aug 28, 2020 Local News
LINE Collaborates With Fukuoka City With Evacuation Drill
Fukuoka City will run a ‘Totsuzen Hajimaru (suddenly starting) Evacuation Drill” on September 1, in collaboration with Line Fukuoka. Reflecting on the nature of unexpected disaster...
Aug 28, 2020 Local News
Cluster Discovered at Bar in Fukuoka With Corona-safety Sticker
Fukuoka City announced the first new-coronavirus cluster at a bar with the ‘COVID-19 Safety’ sticker. The Nakasu-based bar registered with Fukuoka Prefecture’s program to support l...
