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Apr 25, 2020 Local News
Kurume Nightclub Cluster Linked To Saga’s First Cluster – Playgrounds Closed in Fukuoka
On April 24, Fukuoka Prefecture announced 12 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections, bringing the cumulative total for the prefecture to 587. Yesterday’s cases included four m...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Cancel Travel To Miyazaki and Get Free Mangos
With a motto of "Not going, Not coming, Not inviting," Nichinan City in Miyazaki is taking a unique initiative to discourage people from returning to their hometowns during the Gol...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Shochu Distillers & Sake Brewers Produce Sanitizers
Local sake brewers have developed alcohol products to substitute sanitizers. An Asakura-based brewer, Shinozaki, released 'ALC66' contains 66% alcohol. Intending to return support ...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Video Shot Across Kyushu Offer Cheer To People at Home
An online video created by JR Kyushu is gaining attention. To cheer up people amidst the impact of the new coronavirus, video shot at twenty-one spots across the seven prefectures ...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Kitakyushu Art House Cinema Sells Advance Passes as Stopgap
Kokura Showakan, the only art-film theater in Kitakyushu City, began selling post-corona passes. For six months from the day the cinema resumes operation, customers with the specia...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Transportation Companies Take Steps to Discourage Travel During Golden Week
Local transportation companies have announced limited schedules for the upcoming Golden Week holidays. Nishitetsu announced on April 22 that it would reduce the number of local-bus...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Governor Requests 36 Noncompliant Businesses To Close – Fukuoka’s First Drive-Through PCR Test Facility Opens
On April 23, twelve more cases of COVID-19 infection were found in Fukuoka Prefecture, bringing the cumulative total to 575. Also, the prefecture announced its fourteenth and fifte...
Apr 24, 2020 Local News
Flower Sale to Support Farmers in Itoshima
Buying freshly cut flowers can make a stay-at-home weekend more pleasant and support local growers at the same time. JA Itoshima will hold special flower sales on this coming Frida...
Apr 23, 2020 Local News
Local Sweets Company Donates 10,000 Masks to Children
Chidoriya, an Iizuka-based confectionery known for Tirolian, donated 10,000 surgical masks to local children clubs on April 19. The company hoped to return the goodwill it has rece...
Apr 23, 2020 Local News
COVID-19 Cluster In Kurume City Nightclub – Ten Test Positive Including Seven Foreigners
Fukuoka Prefecture announced 21 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections on Apr. 22, including a suspected cluster at a nightclub in Kurume City. The nightclub continued to oper...
