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Nov 27, 2008 Local News
Imari Launches Children’s Website for Imari-yaki
The Imari Board of Education has launched the Imari-yaki Kids’ Site as an educational tool for primary and middle school students to learn about Imari ware. The site features easy-...
Nov 27, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Mayors Split on Stimulus Payment
The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a survey questionnaire of Kyushu’s 106 mayors asking for their opinions of the government’s proposed payment to citizens as an economic stimulus m...
Nov 27, 2008 Local News
Takeo Mayor Resigns to Run Again
In accordance with his previously announced intentions, Mayor Keisuke Hiwatashi of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, resigned after a recall petition was formally received by a citizens’ gro...
Nov 20, 2008 Local News
Website Featuring Locally Produced Auto Parts
Fukuoka Prefecture will unveil on November 23 a website called The Kyushu Auto Parts and Technology Exhibition Hall providing information on the technology and parts offered by loc...
Nov 20, 2008 Local News
KIT in JV to Make Ethanol from Palm Oil
The Kitakyushu-based Kyushu Institute of Technology signed an agreement on November 7 with Putra University of Malaysia and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science an...
Nov 20, 2008 Local News
Governor Aso Visits Taiwan
Fukuoka Prefecture Governor Wataru Aso led a 34-member delegation to Taiwan to promote economic ties between the prefecture and that country. The group arrived in Taiwan on Novembe...
Nov 20, 2008 Local News
Hydrogen Highway Concept
So-called hydrogen stations will be built next year in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu to supply hydrogen to fuel cell-powered automobiles, according to Fukuoka Prefecture, the planner...
Nov 20, 2008 Local News
Kurume B-1 Grand Prix
The 3rd B-1 Grand Prix in Kurume, a two-day food festival featuring 24 regional dishes from throughout the country, ended in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on November 2. An estimated...
Nov 20, 2008 Local News
Kyushu University to Launch Grad School
Kyushu University announced on November 7 that starting next school year, it would open a school of automotive science at the graduate school level for automotive industry research...
Nov 20, 2008 Local News
Deal with China’s Largest Internet Site
Alibaba Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., which operates Alibaba, China’s largest Internet transaction site for commercial businesses, agreed on Nov...
