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Fukuoka City Tops National Ranking For Most Desirable City to Live In
Fukuoka City topped the latest national ranking for “most desirable cities to live in.” 1,123 or (7.2% of total votes) rated Fukuoka number one for criteria such as the city’s acce...
Fukuoka Prefecture Drafts Corona-linked Ordinances
The Fukuoka prefectural assembly drafted an ordinance to mandate new coronavirus patients to submit records of their activities. These first such ordinances in Japan also include c...
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks – Japan Series Champions Again!
Tonight our hometown heroes, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, defeated the Tokyo Giants by a score of 4 to 1 to sweep the Nippon Series in four consecutive games. In fact, they swept th...
Fukuoka University Joins Study on C19 Related Suicides
Fukuoka University and five other universities in Japan began research on relations between the new coronavirus spread and the recent increase in the number of suicide attempts. Ac...
Queen Beetle To Operate Hakata Bay-Okinoshima-Itoshima Cruises
The Queen Beetle is preparing to operate domestic round trip cruises beginning in early 2021. The 500-seat cruise ship will sail out from Hakata Port and visit sightseeing spots in...
Daiwa House to Develop Residential Academia Town Near Itoshima Campus
Fukuoka City officially selected Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. as the developer of its new residence-and-research town near the Kyushu University Ito Campus. According to the city...
New Live Music Venue Opened in Daimyo
Tokyo-based music label LD&K Inc. opened its first live house & bar in Fukuoka on Nov. 18. The open format of the cafe & bar ‘Tengoku’ (heaven) welcomes guests into its dining spac...
Residential Land Price Rose in Fukuoka Prefecture
On November 19, Fukuoka Prefecture announced updated standards for residential-land prices for its sixty municipalities. Twenty-six of them, including Fukuoka City (+39.8%,) Kasuga...
Wires Cut At Seasonal Kokura Illumination
Electrical cables used in the ‘Kokura Illumination’ light-up event were found cut at sixteen places. According to Kitakyushu City, the first five cuts were found on Nov. 16 in fron...
Kyushu University Graduates Report Fewer Job Offers
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 2021 graduates of Kyushu-based universities and colleges have fewer job offers. As of October, as few as 64% of Kyushu-based...