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Apr 7, 2020 Local News
Chinese Company Donates Masks to Kyudai and Other Institutions
On March 31, Huawei Japan donated 23,000 surgical masks to Kyushu University. The company secured 500,000 masks in China to distribute to Japanese communities in need of protection...
Apr 7, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Begin One Month State of Emergency
As the national government announced its intention to begin a month-long state of emergency for seven prefectures, including Fukuoka, the governor of Fukuoka, Hiroshi Ogawa held a ...
Apr 6, 2020 Local News
Hakata Gion Yamakasa Likely to Be Cancelled
Hakata Gion Yamakasa, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage event in Fukuoka City, will be canceled this year due to the spread of the new coronavirus. The annual summer festival a...
Apr 5, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Governor and Mayors Meet Online – 250 Beds for COVID-19 Secured
Fukuoka Governor Hiroshi Ogawa announced that the prefecture will make 250 hospital beds available for COVID-19 patients next week. An online meeting took place between the Governo...
Apr 5, 2020 Local News
Third COVID-19 Cluster in Fukuoka – 11 In-hospital Infections
On April 4, local authorities announced twenty-seven more COVID-19 infections. Twenty-six of them were found in Fukuoka City, including eleven in-hospital infections at the Fukuoka...
Apr 4, 2020 Local News
First COVID-19 Fatality In Fukuoka
Fukuoka City announced the first death of a COVID-19 patient in the Kyushu on April 3. Mayor Soichiro Takashima explained at a press conference that the woman in her nineties teste...
Apr 3, 2020 Local News
22 More COVID-19 Cases in Fukuoka – Cluster Suspected in Hakata
Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City announced a total of 22 confirmed COVID-19 infections on April 2, bringing the total for Fukuoka Prefecture to 100. The twenty-two new cases in...
Apr 2, 2020 Local News
27 More COVID-19 Cases in Fukuoka – Governor Calls for Restraint on Weekends
Fukuoka Prefecture announced 27 more confirmed COVID-19 infections on April 1, bringing the prefectural total to 76. The number includes twenty-one persons in Kitakyushu City, five...
Apr 1, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka’s Largest Single Day Number of COVID-19 Cases – Total now 46
Fukuoka Prefecture announced 17 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on March 31. The number includes ten persons in the city of Kitakyushu, five in Fukuoka, one in Kurume, and one in ...
Mar 31, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture to Designate Hospitals for Severe COVID-19 Cases
Fukuoka Prefecture plans to designate some medical facilities to specialize in treating COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms. Governor Hiroshi Ogawa explained at a press conferen...
