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Oct 6, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City To Subsidize Treatment For Recurrent Miscarriages
Beginning on October 1, 2020, Fukuoka City will subsidize treatments for recurrent miscarriages (fuikusho.) To support couples who wish to conceive children, the program pays half ...
Oct 5, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Distilleries x International Influencers Online Event
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy is running an online shochu sampling event with international influencers and buyers. It selected four distilleries to present their products in an onl...
Oct 2, 2020 Local News
Local Artists Offer Free Use Marine Messe Fukuoka Stage
The project aims to offset coronavirus-induced cancellations of events by supporting aspiring artists of any genres of entertainment (music, dance, traditional performance, etc.) E...
Sep 29, 2020 Local News
Attack of Titan in Hita Game Features Hita City
The GPS-based smartphone game “Attack of Titan in Hita” was released on September 13. The application allows players to embark on an actual quest around Hita City (Oita,) the homet...
Sep 29, 2020 Local News
Tsutaya Opens Lounge inside Fukuoka Airport
On September 26, Tsutaya Bookstore Fukuoka Airport shop reopened on the third floor of the airport’s domestic terminal. The spacious shop floor includes a runway-view lounge. A tot...
Sep 23, 2020 Local News
Nishitetsu Considers Cutting Some Late Night Trains
Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. held a news conference on September 17, in which it explained their intention to cut some late-night rail services. The President and CEO, Sumio Kur...
Sep 16, 2020 Local News
Itoshima Organic Lemon Event at Daimaru
An event featuring Itoshima-sourced organic lemons will be held at Daimaru Fukuoka Tenjin between Sep. 23 ~ 29. The store’s ‘Kyushu Tankentai (exploration party)’ raises awareness ...
Sep 15, 2020 Local News
Popular Manga Image Used by Kagoshima Distillery
Hand sanitizers wrapped in illustrations of the “Black Jack” manga debut from a Kagoshima-based distillery on September 16. The shochu manufacturer, Den-en Shuzo Co., Ltd., collabo...
Sep 14, 2020 Local News
Honda’s Monthly Used Car Rental System Coming to Fukuoka
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will launch a monthly used-car rental service in Fukuoka by the end of 2020. The service known as Honda Monthly Owner, formerly available only in Saitama Pref...
Sep 14, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Tower’s Autumn Moon Light Up
A seasonal light up with the mid-autumn full moon (chushu-no meigetsu) can now be seen on the exterior of Fukuoka Tower. The program features maple leaves falling on the ground, si...
