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May 3, 2020 Local News
PCR Test center opened in Fukuoka City, Kiatkyushu and from Tomorrow in Kurume
On May 2, Fukuoka Prefecture announced three more confirmed COVID-19 infections, bringing the cumulative total to 647. The three cases include a female resident of Fukuoka City in ...
May 2, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Supported Portal Sites for Takeaway Meals Using Local Produce
Fukuoka Prefecture is supporting an online food-shopping portal with the aim connecting more customers to takeaway-and-delivered meal services made using locally-sourced ingredient...
May 2, 2020 Local News
Koga City to Use Donated Personal Subsidies to Support Local Businesses
As the nationwide cash handout project rolls out, some of the Koga residents have contacted the city to tell them their intentions to donate their cash subsidies. In response to th...
May 2, 2020 Local News
Treatment completed for 275 of Fukuoka’s 644 COVID-19 Cases – Public Banned from Fishing at Some Ports
On May 1, Fukuoka Prefecture announced three more COVID-19 infections, bringing the cumulative total for the prefecture to 644. As of yesterday, 275 patients have recovered and lef...
May 1, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka City Opens Processing for ¥100,000 Subsidy – Kitakyushu Launches Drive-Through PCR Testing – Prefecture Total Now 641
On April 30, Fukuoka Prefecture announced three more confirmed COVID-19 infections and the twentieth death linked to the virus. The cumulative total for the prefecture now stands a...
Apr 30, 2020 Local News
Closure of Parking Lots at Parks
Fukuoka Prefecture announced parking-lot closures at four prefectural parks during the Golden Week holidays (4/29~5/6), as a strategy to discourage visitors. Fukuoka City also anno...
Apr 30, 2020 Local News
Online Seven-Night Shochu Event
A Tokyo-based trading company is collaborating with seven shochu distillers in Kyushu in a Zoom-based charity event. Named 'Thousand Nights and Seven Nights - Shochu Caravan Night,...
Apr 30, 2020 Local News
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) To Students ¥30,000
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Oita Prefecture announced a special payout to all students amidst the impact of the new coronavirus crisis. As APU plans to resume oper...
Apr 30, 2020 Local News
Mega-Solar Plant Announced for Nagasaki
Kyudenko Corporation is collaborating with Kyocera Corporation (Kyoto) and four other companies to fund the development of a mega-solar plant in Nagasaki Prefecture. The group anno...
Apr 30, 2020 Local News
Kyushu Remote Islands Ask Visitors to Stay Away
Remote islands in Kyushu are sending out messages to discourage people from visiting during the Golden Week holidays. The promotional committee for remote islands in Fukuoka Prefec...