{"id":132614,"date":"2020-06-06T12:25:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T03:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=132614&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-06-06T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T03:25:24","slug":"fukuoka-prefecture-to-cover-tuition-fees-for-hard-hit-university-students","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-prefecture-to-cover-tuition-fees-for-hard-hit-university-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Prefecture to Cover Tuition Fees for Hard Hit University Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 the prefecture during the past three days stands at 1.0%.\u00a0 The prefecture also unveiled its third supplementary budget, including extended support for closed businesses in Kitakyushu City. Additionally, it will appropriate \u00a541 million to exempt university and college students from fees for those who suffer financial hardship. The cumulative total of the new coronavirus infections for the prefecture is now 797. <\/span><b>Sources:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp\/contents\/covid19-hassei.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASN6566Y1N65TIPE021.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asahi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20200605\/5010008171.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-132615\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200606.png?resize=1024%2C577&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200606.png?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200606.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200606.png?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/200606.png?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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The city has seen 135 instances during the past fourteen days. Rates of positive PCR tests in the prefecture during the past three days stands at 1.0%.\u00a0 The prefecture also unveiled its third supplementary budget, including extended support for closed businesses in Kitakyushu City. Additionally, it will appropriate \u00a542 million to exempt university and college students from fees for those who suffer financial hardship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":132615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[5175],"class_list":["post-132614","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-corona","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/132614","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=132614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}