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Fukuoka’s Firefighters To Receive Vaccinations Earlier
Fukuoka City announced a new program to vaccinate local firefighters and other disaster-relief workers, and volunteer members against the new coronavirus from this month. The city’...
Fukuoka City Zoo’s Guinea Pigs Big On Instagram
A two-minute clip of guinea pigs at Fukuoka City Zoo is buzzing on Instagram. About forty furry and plump critters cross a 4-meter bridge connecting the exhibition space to their s...
Fukuoka City Supports Work Area Vaccinations
Fukuoka City announced an industry-academia-government collaboration in promoting ‘work area’ new coronavirus vaccinations. The first such initiative in Japan urges mid-and-small s...
Fukuoka Budokan Relocation Decided
On Jun. 10, Fukuoka Prefecture announced plans to relocate Fukuoka Budokan to the former Fukuoka City Civic Gymnasium (Shimin Taiikukan.) The 1979-established Budokan had become ou...
In-office Vaccinations For Some Fukuoka City Startups
Fukuoka City-based investment firm, F Ventures, opened the first workplace COVID-19 vaccination program in Kyushu. Following the direction of the national government allowing alter...
Over 50 New Economy Offices Opened in Fukuoka
Fukuoka City announced its annual count of growing-industry companies that established offices in Fukuoka City topped 50 for the eighth straight year. The city has set yearly goals...
Fukuoka First Japanese City to Join Hybrid City Alliance
Fukuoka has joined co-founders Ottawa, The Hague, Geneva, and Prague, and twelve other cities in the Hybrid City Alliance. The Hybrid City Alliance brings together like-minded dest...
Fukuoka City Announces Vaccination Schedules for All Age Groups
Fukuoka City announced that COVID-19 vaccination vouchers for Fukuoka City residents 64 years of age and under would be mailed out on June 30. Those who receive vouchers can make t...
Monkey Sightings Reported in Central Fukuoka
At around 7 AM on June 3, police in Fukuoka City began receiving reports of monkey sightings beginning from Higashi-ku, Ohori Park, Hakata Station area, and at around 10 AM in Tenj...
Ascott Group Hotel To Open in Imaizumi
Resola Imaizumi Terrace will open on Jun 16. Located within a five-minute walk from the Tenjin Minami Station subway station and Nishitetsu Yakuin Station, the NTT-owned building w...