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May 12, 2020 Local News
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...
May 11, 2020 Local News
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...
May 11, 2020 Local News
Public Asked Not To Crowd Ward Offices
Fukuoka City is asking residents to refrain from visiting Ward Offices except for urgent matters. Since the city began accepting online applications for the national ¥100,000 payou...
May 11, 2020 Local News
GooDay and Shinseido Offer Free Use of Parking Lots to Support Take-out Meal Services
Home center GooDay and Shinseido Drugstore are collaborating with Fukuoka D.C. in a project named ‘Yell! Fukuoka Takeout.” Thirty-nine shops will offer their parking lots for takea...
May 11, 2020 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture Preparing Guidelines to Adjust Restraints – Two New COVID-19 Cases Yesterday
Fukuoka Prefecture has begun developing guidelines to relax its requests for business closures and self-restraint for outings. A specialist panel reportedly proposed five indexes a...
May 10, 2020 Local News
Scary Stickers By Oita Based Company Remind People To Wash Hands
An Oita-based company has produced scary stickers to encourage people to wash their hands. The disaster-prevention service company, Igujitto, came up with the unique concept of sh...
May 10, 2020 Local News
Shorter Summer Vacations For Schools in Fukuoka City – Two New COVID-19 Cases Yesterday
Fukuoka City’s board of education revealed plans for shorter summer vacations this year. To ensure enough class hours amidst prolonged school closures linked to the new coronavirus...
May 9, 2020 Local News
Results for Fukuoka Foreign Residents Survey on COVID-19
Between May 1 and May 5, Fukuoka Now ran an online survey to monitor the experiences and opinions of fellow non-Japanese residents of Fukuoka Prefecture. The survey had 16 question...
May 9, 2020 Local News
Zero COVID-19 Infections Reported Yesterday – Guidelines to Screen for Testing Relaxed / Governors plead for less travel between prefectures
On May 8, The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare released revised guidelines for people experiencing suspicious symptoms of new coronavirus infection to follow before contactin...
May 8, 2020 Shopping
Updated Opening Hours for Shopping Centers
In accordance with the extended state of emergency, some of the large stores in Fukuoka announced continued closures and limited hours of operations. Here is a partial list - and w...
