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Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Electric Discussing Rate Hike
The Fukuoka City-based Kyushu Electric Power Co. has begun to seriously consider raising their rates to reflect soaring oil prices. They expect to reach a formal decision sometime ...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
JR Kyushu to Add 1,800 Seats to Sonic Special Express
JR Kyushu announced it would add 1,800 seats to the daily runs of its Sonic special limited express between Hakata and Oita. The objective is to respond to the steadily rising pass...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
1.14 Trillion Yen in Benefits from Car Production Boost
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry estimates that raising annual auto production in Kyushu to 1.5 million units from the current one million units would have a regio...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Fishermen Win Isahaya Suit against Government
The Saga District Court ruled that the closure of the dykes at the state-operated Isahaya land reclamation project was clearly connected to environmental changes in Isahaya Bay, an...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Women’s University Students to Do Fieldwork in Depopulated Villages
Thirty students from the Kyushu Women’s University in Kitakyushu will spend September in Assabu-cho, Hokkaido, doing field work on depopulated areas. They will study local so...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
1.14 Trillion Yen in Benefits from Car Production Boost
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry estimates that raising annual auto production in Kyushu to 1.5 million units from the current one million units would have a regio...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Fishermen Win Isahaya Suit against Government
The Saga District Court ruled that the closure of the dykes at the state-operated Isahaya land reclamation project was clearly connected to environmental changes in Isahaya Bay, an...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Kyushu Women’s University Students to Do Fieldwork in Depopulated Villages
Thirty students from the Kyushu Women’s University in Kitakyushu will spend September in Assabu-cho, Hokkaido, doing field work on depopulated areas. They will study local so...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Six Plans Presented for New Fukuoka Airport
A committee affiliated with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport met to study plans for a new Fukuoka Airport. During the meeting, six plans were presented for build...
Jul 3, 2008 Local News
Majority of Sixth Graders Nationwide Can’t Place Kyushu Prefectures
The National Institute for Educational Policy Research conducted a survey of Japanese sixth graders which revealed that with the exception of Kagoshima Prefecture, more than half o...