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NPO Offers Support to Foreigners Applying for ¥100,000 Payout
A Fukuoka-based NPO started a free support service for local foreigners applying for the national ¥100,000 payout program. Teman Hati Fukuoka, an organization with a mission to imp...
Local Companies Begin To Support Students From Overseas
On June 3, Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc. donated an emergency stockpile food for students at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Iizuka City. Meanwhile, Aso College Group purchased 2.5 t...
Fukuoka City to Support Canceled Student Athletic Events
While large sporting events for elementary, junior high, and high school students have been canceled for the school year of 2020, Fukuoka City announced plans to subsidize alternat...
Couples to Receive ¥100,000 for Canceled Weddings
Saga Prefecture announced it would offer ¥100,000 to local couples whose wedding ceremonies were canceled or postponed due to the new coronavirus impact. The plans were announced o...
Weekend Sees Fewer COVID-19 In Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu City announced five confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection over the weekend (June 6 ~ 7.) Amongst the new patients was a man, who had been hospitalized at a lo...
Fukuoka Prefecture to Cover Tuition Fees for Hard Hit University Students
On June 5, Kitakyushu City announced five more cases of the new coronavirus infection. The city has seen 135 instances during the past fourteen days. Rates of positive PCR tests in...
Kyushu Companies Cutting Plans For Capital Investment
The Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Databank Ltd. released the results of its survey of companies who plan to make capital investments this year in Kyushu and Okinawa. Amongst 891 of the...
Michinoeki Ukiha Top Regional Roadside
Michinoeki Ukiha topped the ranking of roadside stations in Kyushu and Yamaguchi for the fifth straight year. The ranking released in the July issue of a local sightseeing magazine...
Governor Requests More Antigen-test Kits To Counter Clusters
On June 4, Kitakyushu City announced six new cases of the COVID-19 infection. A total of 130 people in the city were diagnosed with the virus in the past thirteen days. Reflecting ...
JR Kyushu Shinkansen To Return To Regular Schedule
On June 3, six new cases of the new coronavirus infection were announced in Fukuoka Prefecture. Five of them were found in Kitakyushu City, and involve a junior high school student...