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Jun 29, 2022 Local News
SoftBank Hawks Baseball Hit With C19 Infections – Game Canceled
SoftBank Hawks, Fukuoka’s professional baseball team, announced that five players, including pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada, a coach, and two staff members, have been infected with the new ...
Jun 29, 2022 Local News
Fukuoka Prefectural Police and Fukuoka Institute of Technology Agree to Cooperate in Cyber Crime
On June 28, Fukuoka Prefectural Police signed a cooperation agreement with Fukuoka Institute of Technology in Fukuoka City, which is engaged in cyber security research, to strength...
Jun 28, 2022 Local News
Rainy Season Over in Northern Kyushu – Shortest Ever
The Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory announced at 11:00 a.m. on June 28 that the rainy season had ended in northern Kyushu. This is the earliest end of the rainy season ...
Jun 28, 2022 Local News
Kyushu Power Asks Public To Reduce Use of Electricity
Kyushu Electric Power asks customers to reduce summertime electricity use for the first time in seven years. Kyuden anticipates that electricity demand may reach the capacity due t...
Jun 27, 2022 Local News
Direct Express Bus Service From Tenjin to Itoshima Starts
In addition to the current Showa Bus Nishinoura Route, which departs from JR Kyushu University Gakkentoshi Station, a new West Coast Liner will begin service on July 21, 2022, dire...
Jun 27, 2022 Local News
Kumamoto, Asakura and Kokura Summer Festivals Return
Summer festivals are returning to Kyushu in the third year of dealing with the new coronavirus pandemic. In July, Kokura Gion Daiko in Kitakyushu City resumes its 400 years of trad...
Jun 24, 2022 Local News
Debris Removed From Fire at Kitakyushu City’s Tanga Market
On June 23, workers began clearing debris from the fire that broke out at Kitakyushu City's Tanga Market in April of this year. More than two months after the fire, which destroyed...
Jun 24, 2022 Local News
Kitakyushu City Mayor Calls on Public To Remove Masks To Prevent Heat Stroke
Mayor Kitahashi of Kitakyushu City reiterated his call for people to remove their masks to prevent heat stroke and asked for understanding from those who wear stickers indicating t...
Jun 24, 2022 Local News
Asahi Breweries Announces New Plant to be Built in Tosu City, Saga Prefecture
Major beer company Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. has announced that it will build a new factory in Tosu City, Saga Prefecture, as a relocation site for its Hakata Factory, which will ...
Jun 24, 2022 Local News
One Of The World’s Largest Merry-Go-Rounds Is Coming To Nagasaki
One of the world’s largest merry-go-rounds will appear inside Huis Ten Bosch amusement park in the fall of 2022. The Italian-made ‘Sky Carousel’ will be the first three-story carou...
