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Aug 14, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka Racks Up ¥2.3 Billion Losses From Heavy Rains
Fukuoka Prefecture estimated that losses caused by the heavy rainfall on July 21 exceeded ¥2.3 billion. Water filled 325 hectares of rice fields and other farm fields in areas such...
Aug 2, 2019 Local News
Nagasaki’s Goto City Tagged For Offshore wind plant
On July 30, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced four locations for consideration of future offshore wind plants and Goto City in Nagasaki Prefecture was included...
Jul 22, 2019 Local News
Fukuoka and Saga Hit Hard by Heavy Rain
Severe rainfall hit the prefectures of Fukuoka and Saga on July 20 and 21 and an evacuation alert (warning level 4) was activated for 57,000 people in the areas of Asakura City and...
Jul 18, 2019 Local News
Moths From North and South America Eating Kyushu Crops
Caterpillars of Spodoptera frugiperda (also known as fall armyworm), a foreign moth native to North and South America, has been found in five prefectures in Kyushu. Announcements h...
Jun 25, 2019 Local News
Latest Start to Rainy Season on Record for Kyushu
Northern Kyushu is experiencing the latest start for a rainy season since records were kept beginning in 1951. The prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, and Yamag...
Jun 19, 2019 Local News
Court Blocks Residents’ Bid to Rescind Reopening Approval for Nuclear Reactor
On June 17, Fukuoka District Court rejected a request from residents to cancel permission to restart Kyushu Electric Power’s No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Pl...
Jun 6, 2019 Local News
World Debut of Midorimushi Bio-diesel Vehicle in Fukuoka City
A biotechnology startup, Euglena Co., Ltd., held a demonstration of its midorimushi bio-diesel vehicle in Fukuoka City. The car ran a 3 km route carrying Japan's Minister of State ...
May 31, 2019 Local News
Oita to Investigate Lowering Hot Spring Temperatures and Volume
A two-year survey on hot springs sources in Beppu City will start in June. The city in Oita Prefecture is famous for its natural hot springs. The city is dotted with approximately ...
May 27, 2019 Local News
Kitakyushu City Proposes Switch to Biomass Plastic Bags
Kitakyushu City aims to reduce the environmental impact of plastic materials through a new project. Beginning in fiscal 2019, the city's Plastics Smart Promotion Project will repla...
May 27, 2019 Local News
Huge Offshore Windmill Tested in Kitakyushu
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) began test operations of an offshore wind power generator on May 21. The generator measures 70 m in height ...
