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Dec 4, 2020 Local News
Monkey Leads Police On Chase Inside Fukuoka City Hall
On Dec. 3, a monkey was found running around Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. The first report to the police was made by a resident who witnessed it running through Suzaki Park. The monkey...
Dec 2, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Distributed Over 100,000 Tablets To Students
Fukuoka City began its new IT-based education program, ‘GIGA School,’ as of December 1. The board of education distributed approximately 127,000 tablets to pupils and students who ...
Dec 2, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Subway Discontinues Special Late Night Trains
Fukuoka City Subway discontinued the operation of the ‘Friday Night Train’ for December, 2020. Since 2013, they operated late-night trains on Fridays in the month of December...
Dec 2, 2020 Local News
IMS Hall Available For Free
The IMS building in Tenjin, which will close in August 2021, offers free use of its event hall to non-commercial art activities for the next nine months. The 1989-opened commercial...
Nov 27, 2020 Local News
New Hotel Opens On Island City
The 358, a new hotel on Island City (Higashi Ward) in Fukuoka City, opened on Nov. 25. The hotel is divided into two facilities: the family-oriented ‘Sora’ with 159 guest rooms and...
Nov 27, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Tops National Ranking For Most Desirable City to Live In
Fukuoka City topped the latest national ranking for “most desirable cities to live in.” 1,123 or (7.2% of total votes) rated Fukuoka number one for criteria such as the city’s acce...
Nov 25, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks – Japan Series Champions Again!
Tonight our hometown heroes, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, defeated the Tokyo Giants by a score of 4 to 1 to sweep the Nippon Series in four consecutive games. In fact, they swept th...
Nov 25, 2020 Local News
New Live Music Venue Opened in Daimyo
Tokyo-based music label LD&K Inc. opened its first live house & bar in Fukuoka on Nov. 18. The open format of the cafe & bar ‘Tengoku’ (heaven) welcomes guests into its dining spac...
Nov 20, 2020 Local News
H. Gen Kozuru Family Exhibition 2020 – The Wind from Topsfield
A Boston-base ceramic artist, Hajime Gen Kozuru, was born into a Agano-yaki artist family in Fukuoka. Well over one-hundred pieces created by him and his three children will be on ...
Nov 20, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Awards Subsidies to Two Local Companies
Fukuoka City is supporting two businesses related to Kyushu University’s patented projects. The city announced the selection of Koala Tech Inc. and Kaico Ltd. for its subsidy progr...