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Oct 5, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City To Announce School Closure On LINE
Beginning on October 1, Fukuoka City will use LINE chat system to announce school closure. Using the new service, the city directly notifies its users of information related to mun...
Oct 5, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City LINE Account Wins 2020 Good Design Award
Fukuoka City’s official LINE account won a Good Design Award 2020. The chat-based information service, which launched in 2017, enjoys over 1.7 million registered ‘friends.’ It cont...
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...
Oct 2, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Eliminates Need For Personal Seals For 3,800 Procedures
Fukuoka City has discontinued the use of hanko seals for 3,800 paper-based procedures. Except for 900 procedures that carry national or legal requirements for personal hanko, all o...
Sep 29, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Waives Company Registration Fee To Encourage Startups
Fukuoka City continues to support new startups by waiving company registration fees. The city has received an increasing number of inquiries about launching new businesses between ...
Sep 25, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Encourages Businesses To Move to Fukuoka on Trial Basis
Reflecting on the increased interest in rural relocation, Fukuoka City is collaborating with two co-working spaces and a resort hotel on offers of discounted rates for those who tr...
Sep 23, 2020 Local News
Share Cycle Operator Partners With Fukuoka-based Mobby Ride
On September 18, Fukuoka-based e-kickboard share company, Mobby Ride Inc., announced a partnership with Neuet, the operating company of Chari Chari bicycle share service. The two c...
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
Fukuoka City to Reduce Number of Students Per Class
Fukuoka City announced a planned reduction of the number of students per class at municipal elementary and junior high schools to 35 or less during the school year of 2021. The cit...
Sep 15, 2020 Local News
Yamakasa-themed Hotel Opens in Hakata
A hotel decorated in the theme of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival will on September 18. Located in Reisenmachi in Hakata Ward, Torifito Hakata Gion welcomes guests into an interi...