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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
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...
Aug 27, 2020 Local News
Rendering of New Hakata Ward Office Released
Fukuoka City revealed a rendering of the new Hakata Ward Office, scheduled to open in May 2022. Construction will begin on Aug. 29 on the neighboring plot of the current ward offic...
Aug 25, 2020 Local News
JR Kyushu hotels offers monthly stay plans
JR Kyushu Hotels is offering monthly stays at four of its group hotels in Fukuoka and Tokyo. The Blossom Hakata Premier (Deluxe Twin rooms: ¥158,000/month), JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom...
Aug 25, 2020 Local News
JAL City Hotel Fukuoka Tenjin To Open 2021
Hotel JAL City Fukuoka Tenjin will open in the spring of 2021. Located within a minute walk from the subway Akasaka Station, the 12-story hotel offers comfortable and convenient st...
Aug 21, 2020 Local News
Italian, Mexican, Chinese Collaborative Outdoor Beer Garden Opens
Three popular restaurants in Fukuoka City, Comatsu (Italian) El Borracho (Mexican) and Mandarin Market (Chinese) are collaboratively operating a beer garden inside Bayside Place Ha...