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Dec 2, 2022 Local News
Tenjin Shintencho Renovation Announced
On November 30, the Shintencho shopping district union and companies such as PARCO and Nishitetsu officially announced plans to jointly redevelop the shopping district and adjacent...
Dec 1, 2022 Local News
Avispa Footballers Support Juvenile Correction Center
Two players from Avispa Fukuoka visited Fukuoka’s juvenile correction center to support boys by playing soccer. Athletes Yuzawa and Nakamura played blind soccer and discussed overc...
Nov 30, 2022 Local News
Kyutech and Mongolia Collaborate to Develop Space Industry
Former Hakuho Oyakata Miyagino attended a ceremony held by the Mongolian government and companies and the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Kitakyushu City to promote the developme...
Nov 30, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Venture Business Partners Launched 7 billion Fund
FFG Venture Business Partners set up its third fund for investing in new businesses. The ¥7 billion fund will support innovators of Kyushu-based university startups and further afi...
Nov 29, 2022 Local News
Ten Percent of Yamakasa Participants Infected with New Coronavirus
The Hakata Gion Yamakasa Promotion Association held a general meeting on November 26, and announced that during this year's Yamakasa festival, in which Kaki-Yamakasa was revived fo...
Nov 25, 2022 Local News
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine to Undergo Major Renovation
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine will undergo a major renovation in 2023, and the shrine's main hall will be under construction from next spring. On November 22, a completed drawing of the ...
Nov 25, 2022 Local News
76 Year Old Man Donates Ambulance to Chikugo City
A 76-year-old man from Chikugo City diagnosed with leukemia three years ago donated 30 million yen to the city to purchase an ambulance. On November 24, a letter of appreciation wa...
Nov 25, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Open Online Medical Center
In preparation for a simultaneous outbreak of the next wave of new coronavirus and influenza, Fukuoka Prefecture has announced that it has prepared a supplementary budget plan for ...
Nov 25, 2022 Local News
Medical Costs for Elderly Fukuoka Residents Remain High
Annual medical costs for Fukuoka’s elderly population remain one of the highest in Japan. The prefecture marked a record-high ¥1.18 million in the fiscal year of 2019, despite prom...
Nov 24, 2022 Local News
Hot Spring Displays Giant Straw Camel
To support the Japanese national soccer team, which will play its first match in the World Cup on November 23 in Qatar, a bathhouse in Koga City has added a giant camel as a decora...