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Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Plans Underway to Test Maritime Wind Power Plant in Hibiki-Nada
J-Power of Kitakyushu announced plans to conduct trials of a maritime wind power generating system in the Hibiki-Nada area of the Sea of Japan. The testing is being conducted on an...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Japanese Juku for Foreign Students in Fukuoka
Fukuoka Prefecture, the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce, and local universities are teaming up to open the Fukuoka Prefecture Foreign Student Support Center in Fukuoka City in February...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Unlicensed Garbage Haulers a Problem in Fukuoka City
It has been revealed that a large number of enterprises unlicensed to transport refuse are collecting garbage from supermarkets and other locations in Fukuoka City and hauling it t...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Kyushu Regional Bankruptcies Hit Five Year-High
The Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shoko Research revealed its statistics for corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of 10 million yen or more for the Kyushu-Okinawa region in FY 2008. A...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Local Governments Shoulder Extra Burden in Shinkansen Costs
Skyrocketing materials prices have caused a sharp increase in Kyushu Shinkansen construction costs. As a result, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has asked local...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
DBJ Publishes Kyushu Data Handbook
The Development Bank of Japan has published its 2009 Kyushu Handbook presenting the primary statistics, industries, and development projects of the region. The handbook was publish...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Kumamoto City to Rework Streetcar System
Kumamoto City revealed it will implement a new system of giving streetcars priority for the right of way in traffic light timing as a means to shorten the transit time from the JR ...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Fan Club Launched for Goto Islands
The first meeting of the Goto Islands Fan Club was held in Nagasaki City on the 13th with the objective of revitalizing the 1,400 chain of small islands in Nagasaki Prefecture and ...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
World’s First Whale Soy Sauce
Yamaka Shoyu of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and the National Fisheries University have successfully developed a new type of soy sauce using small pieces of whale meat former...
Jan 16, 2009 Local News
Waste to be Converted to Carbonized Fuel for Power Generation
J-Power and the city of Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, are moving ahead with plans to process garbage from the home into carbonized fuel and use it for thermal power generation. It i...
