{"id":132453,"date":"2020-05-30T08:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T23:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=132453&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-05-30T08:28:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T23:28:52","slug":"requests-for-businesses-closures-including-night-time-economy-to-be-lifted-in-fukuoka-except-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/requests-for-businesses-closures-including-night-time-economy-to-be-lifted-in-fukuoka-except-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Requests for Businesses Closures Including Night Time Economy To Be Lifted in Fukuoka &#8211; Except Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture will lift closure requests for local businesses, including night clubs, cabarets, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">karaoke<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> parlors, and sports clubs at midnight on June 1, except in Kitakyushu City. Requests for self-restraints on outings will also be lifted on the same day in most parts of the prefecture. In the meantime, the prefectural governor asked all residents to stay cautious when visiting Kitakyushu City, as the city currently experiences a surge in the number of the new coronavirus patients. The prefecture also announced the gradual resumption of events under some conditions. Between June 1 ~ 18, indoor events for 100 participants or less may be held as well as outdoor events for 200 participants or less. Firework events and other outdoor festivals may be held from August 1. <\/span><b>Sources:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20200529\/5010008095.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXMZO59784580Z20C20A5ACYZ00\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><b> Photo:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For image purpose only By <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@chuttersnap?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chuttersnap<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-132454\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chuttersnap-75j_bL4BhU0-unsplash.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chuttersnap-75j_bL4BhU0-unsplash.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chuttersnap-75j_bL4BhU0-unsplash.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chuttersnap-75j_bL4BhU0-unsplash.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chuttersnap-75j_bL4BhU0-unsplash.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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Requests for self-restraints on outings will also be lifted on the same day in most parts of the prefecture. In the meantime, the prefectural governor asked all residents to stay cautious when visiting Kitakyushu City, as the city currently experiences a surge in the number of the new coronavirus patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":132454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[5175],"class_list":["post-132453","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-corona","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/132453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}