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Nishitetsu Providing Bus Congestion Information
On May 11, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. (Nishitetsu) began providing details about levels of congestion on the busses they operate in central Fukuoka. The company will split the...
Mask & Ride For Fukuoka’s Subways – Mayor Announces Extensions for Financial Support
Fukuoka City Mayor Shoichiro Takashima announced that as of May 15, Fukuoka City would start a "Mask & Ride'' initiative whereby employees of Fukuoka City subway will check passeng...
State of Emergency Lifted in Fukuoka – Businesses and Schools To Reopen – Guidelines For a Second Wave of COVID-19 Announced
On May 14, the governor of Fukuoka, Hiroshi Ogawa, revealed his plan in response to the national government’s announcement that the state of emergency has been lifted in all prefec...
Multilingual LINE-based Chat Support for ¥100,000 Handout Process Coming Soon
Fukuoka City has introduced a Line-based chat system to support residents with questions about the national ¥100,000 handout program. The service aims to promote a smoother applica...
Fukuoka Amongst 39 Prefectures To Have State of Emergency Lifted
The news reflects the nation’s latest intention to end the state of emergency in the prefecture as early as May 14. The official declaration is expected at 19:15 tonight. While req...
Fukuoka City Achieved Zero Euthanasia in 2019
Fukuoka City achieved zero euthanasia of all healthy dogs and cats in the fiscal year of 2019. During the past five years, the city worked in collaboration with local volunteer gro...
Fifth Consecutive Week of Decline for Fukuoka – One New COVID-19 Infection Yesterday
On May 12, the national government began to consider cutting Fukuoka and three other prefectures from the group of “special alert prefectures.” The number of weekly cases of COVID-...
Hawks Baseball Player Akira Nakamura Donates ¥10,000,000
ukuoka Prefecture is accepting donations to local medical workers as a means of expressing appreciation to their hard work amidst the spread of COVID-19. Beginning on May 11, donat...
Relaxation of Restraints Likely – Avigan Approval for Fukuoka – No new infections in Fukuoka Prefecture
Prefectural Governor Hiroshi Ogawa explained at a press conference on May 11, plans to announce relaxation of restraints, such as business closures, pending the findings of the nat...
Fukuoka Prefecture Amends Manuals to Cope with Possibility of Natural Disasters & COVID-19
Fukuoka Prefecture shared revised guidelines for their evacuation-shelter operation manual in preparation for the possibility of a natural disaster combined with circumstances invo...