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Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Emergency Taxi Service to Start in Iizuka
Shonai Kanko of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, will launch an emergency taxi service for registered users in May. When an emergency occurs, the user would simply press the emergency b...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Kumamoto City Mayor Calls for Stronger Vertical Ties in Kyushu
Kumamoto City Mayor Seishi Koyama held a press conference to call for stronger “vertical ties” in Kyushu with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen in 2011 by forming a special agre...
Apr 18, 2008 Local News
Chinese Cruise Ship Pays First Call on Port of Hakata
A Chinese cruise ship taking wealthy Chinese on overseas tours made its first call on the Port of Hakata last week. The Rhapsody of the Seas, a 7,500 ton vessel based in Shanghai, ...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Lowest Fan Shell Harvest in History
Both Fukuoka Prefecture and Saga Prefecture had their lowest harvests ever of the fan shell, a prized bivalve from the Ariake Sea, it was reported. The season for the shellfish was...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Eco-Friendly Ceramic Shochu Cup Developed
The Asahi Ceramics Research Corp. of Nagasaki Prefecture and the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory have jointly developed a ceramic cup specifically for shochu oyuwari, a mixed dri...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Shared Taxi Service to Saga Airport Begins
A group consisting of 90 organizations in Saga and Fukuoka prefectures promoting the use of Saga Airport has begun the trial operation of an inexpensive shared taxi service between...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka City Produce Wholesaler Signs Ex-Im Agreement with Taiwanese Company
Fukuoka Dydo Seika Co., Kyushu’s largest produce wholesaler, has signed an export-import agreement with a Taiwanese wholesaler of agricultural products, it was announced. This is t...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Kyushu’s MLIT Allocation Halved from Previous Year
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport revealed that its annual allocation this year to the Kyushu region for overall project expenditures would, for the present, be 5...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Okinawa Shogaku High School Team Wins Invitational Baseball Tournament
The Okinawa Shogaku High School boys’ baseball team trounced the squad from Seibo Gakuen High School in Saitama Prefecture 9-0 to win the 80th annual national high school invitatio...
Apr 14, 2008 Local News
Vending Machine Recycling Facilities Begin Operation
Fukuoka City-based Coca-Cola West Holdings held a ceremony marking the start of operations of their recycling facilities for discarded vending machines at a plant in Eco-Town in Ki...