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Fukuoka Corona Warning – Public Asked to Limit Dining Out Time to Under Two Hours
Reflecting upon the regional spike of COVID-19 infections, the ‘Fukuoka Corona Warning’ was formally issued as of evening on August 5. Local eateries with guest services, bars, and...
Fukuoka Music Month Pivots To Online
The annual Fukuoka Music Month has canceled all events for September 2020. The festival that began in 2014 consolidates five music festivals and other live concerts, including Suns...
Police Chase Wild Boar In Central Fukuoka City
In the early morning on August 5, a wild boar sighted by police stationed near the U.S. Consulate Fukuoka. The boar then fled into the neighboring Ohori Park and Maizuru Park.
Picturebook Museum 2020 to be Held Online
The 'At Home Picture Book Museum 2020' will begin on August 14. While the annual children's' in-museum exhibition for 2020 was canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus, th...
Fukuoka Prefecture’s International Exchange Center Coordinating Contribution for Exchange Students
The Fukuoka International Exchange Foundation is seeking food donations to support exchange students. The prefecture has approximately 19,000 exchange students, many of whom are su...
Fukuoka COVID-19 Update: 89 New Cases – False Negative Test Exposes Woman To Infected Patients
On August 4, Fukuoka Prefecture announced 89 additional cases of the novel coronavirus infection. Those cases include 45 instances in Fukuoka City, and 24 in Kitakyushu City. The c...
Daily Count in Fukuoka Drops Below One Hundred – Avispa Cancels Soccer Match
On August 3, Fukuoka Prefecture announced 77 more cases of the new coronavirus infection. The daily count fell under one hundred for the first time in six days. Infections were rep...
Fukuoka Tower Sells Custom Lightups
Fukuoka Tower debuted a new service to run 10-minute illuminations for individual customers. The program allows guests to choose from seven colors (red, blue, green, yellow, purple...
New Resort-style Hotel Opens in Odo, Fukuoka City
On August 1, a new luxury hotel, Garden Terrace Fukuoka Hotel & Resort, opened in the Odo area of Fukuoka City. Designed by an internationally-active architect, Hironaka Ogawa, the...
Jobs-to-Applicants Ratio Drops Below 1.0 in Fukuoka
The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare released a report on job offers-to-applicant ratios of June 2020.