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Rendering of New Hakata Ward Office Released
Fukuoka City revealed a rendering of the new Hakata Ward Office, scheduled to open in May 2022. Construction will begin on Aug. 29 on the neighboring plot of the current ward offic...
Fukuoka Pref and Bio-venture Ahead of Schedule for Clinical Testing of Corona Remedy
Fukuoka Prefecture will conduct clinical trials for the drug development to fight COVID-19 as early as October 2021. The prefectural governor, Hiroshi Ogawa, told a press conferenc...
Kitakyushu To Offer Free PCR Tests by Family Doctors
Kitakyushu City is preparing to provide free PCR tests at smaller medical facilities. At the same time, the virus tests are currently available at 20 facilities, including a specia...
JR Kyushu hotels offers monthly stay plans
JR Kyushu Hotels is offering monthly stays at four of its group hotels in Fukuoka and Tokyo. The Blossom Hakata Premier (Deluxe Twin rooms: ¥158,000/month), JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom...
JAL City Hotel Fukuoka Tenjin To Open 2021
Hotel JAL City Fukuoka Tenjin will open in the spring of 2021. Located within a minute walk from the subway Akasaka Station, the 12-story hotel offers comfortable and convenient st...
Fukuoka Airport Selling Some Tax-free ShopItems in Domestic Terminal
Items from duty-free shops inside Fukuoka Airport International Terminal are now available for purchase by domestic passengers for a limited period. The Fukuoka Airport Pop-up Stor...
Premium-shokupan Bakery Opens in Dazaifu City
A premium-shokupan (while bread) specialty shop opened near the Kimihata intersection of Dazaifu City on August 20. The concept of “luxury shokupan” has significantly improved peop...
New Variety of Penguin fossil found in Nagasaki
The education committee for Saikai City in Nagasaki Prefecture announced a discovery of fossilized bones of an extinct species of cormorant. The bones of flightless cormorants (cop...
Fukuoka Prefecture Offers ¥50,000 To Compliant Local Eateries
Fukuoka Prefecture will subsidize ¥50,000 to local eateries that cooperate to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Shops with COVID-19 safety stickers (issued by Fukuoka Pref...
Italian, Mexican, Chinese Collaborative Outdoor Beer Garden Opens
Three popular restaurants in Fukuoka City, Comatsu (Italian) El Borracho (Mexican) and Mandarin Market (Chinese) are collaboratively operating a beer garden inside Bayside Place Ha...