Fukuya Co., Ltd., which manufactures and sells mentaiko, has been supporting Kyushu University international students who need financial support due to the effects of the new coronavirus infection through "Jiro-style spaghetti element" since September 2020. ..The collected 9 yen was donated to the Kyushu University "New Coronavirus Countermeasures International Student Support Fund".

 Kyushu University's "New Coronavirus Countermeasures International Student Support Fund" is a special fixed-amount benefit from the national government and Kyushu University's own among international students who are having a great financial impact on their lives due to the effects of the new coronavirus infection. A fund aimed at providing financial support to international students who have difficulty in continuing their studies with only the "emergency tuition exemption" and "emergency student support fund".

 "Jiro-style spaghetti" was born in the idea menu contest held by the Kyushu University Co-op in the 1980s.Since then, it has been popular as a specialty menu in the school cafeteria of Kyushu University for over 30 years. After disappearing in 2015, a restaurant run by Fukuya learned the cooking method from Kyushu University Co-op in 2017 and offered it as an eat-in menu. From 2019, it is sold as a retort pasta sauce.

 For this reason, at Fukuya, the entire sales amount (product price excluding shipping and consumption tax) of "Jiro-style Spaghetti Element" sold during the period from September 2020, 9 to December 10, 2020, We have decided to donate 12 yen to international students at Kyushu University through the Kyushu University "New Corona Virus Countermeasures International Student Support Fund".

 At the donation presentation ceremony held at Kyushu University on January 2021, 1, Fukuya's President Takehiro Kawahara handed the catalog to President Tatsuro Ishibashi of Kyushu University.Mr. LENG JUNFU, the representative of Kyushu University international students who attended, expressed his anxiety about changes in the environment, his future ambitions, and his gratitude for donations.

Reference: [Fukuya Co., Ltd.] Jiro-style spaghetti base

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