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Fukuoka City Procures Additional Vaccine Doses
Fukuoka City announced the procurement of 174,600 additional doses of the new coronavirus vaccine. These will be administered at the vaccination venue in each ward, the city’s crui...
IMS Building in Tenjin Closes Permanently Today
Sadly the IMS (Inter Media Station) building in Tenjin will close permanently today. Opened in 1989 as an "information and culture transmission base" and considered a trendsetter f...
Fukuoka Startup Develops AI system to Monitor Hand Washing
The Fukuoka-based startup Tsumug Inc. has developed an AI-based device to check if people wash their hands thoroughly. Trials began in collaboration with Fukuoka City at two of TiN...
Fukuoka To Open Nighttime Junior High School
The Fukuoka City Board of Education will open a night junior high school next April so students who have not received enough compulsory education due to non-attendance can study ag...
Ambitious Video Art Project in Canal City Repaired
The 1996-installed video art by the Korean artist, Nam June Paik, is finally working again inside Canal City Hakata. Titled “Fuku/Luck, Fuku=Luck, Matrix,” the 5.4 m x 10.7 m art i...
Fukuoka City ES and JHS To Stagger Start Times
The Fukuoka City Board of Education announced new guidelines to prevent the new coronavirus infections after the second term. To reduce risks while continuing school education, loc...
Hawks to Allow Double Vaccinated Fans Into Dome
In response to the state of emergency declared in Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks are currently playing home games without spectators. However, for the four games from t...
Department Store Sales Up in Fukuoka
Department stores in Fukuoka City reported an 8% increase in sales for July. According to a Japan Department Stores Association report, monthly sales of the four stores totaled...
Cleaning Staff Suspected of Stealing Softbank Hawks Equipment
A 23-year-old janitor for PayPay Dome was arrested on suspicion of stealing a baseball glove belonging to Tsuyoshi Wada, a pitcher of the Softbank Hawks. The suspect allegedly sto...
New E Sport Complex in Tenjin
Challengers ' Park opened one of the largest e-sport complexes in Western Japan, in Tenjin on Aug. 20. Located on the 8th floor of Tenjin Loft Building, the 610-m2 facility offers ...