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Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Prefecture – Busan University Consortium to be Launched
It was revealed that an agreement creating a consortium of 24 universities in Fukuoka Prefecture and the city of Busan, South Korea, will be signed on September 25. The objective o...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Five Nagasaki Mayors to Hold Summit to Promote Merger
The mayors of Omura, Isahaya, Unzen, Shimabara, and Minamishimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture have agreed to hold regular summit meetings with the objective of merging the five cities...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Saibu Gas to Build LNG Plant in Omuta
Fukuoka City-based Saibu Gas announced that it would build a liquid natural gas plant in Omuta to gasify the LNG for use in the home. It will produce about 50,000 tons of this gas ...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Citizens’ Group Combats Excessive Construction
The Association to Protect Fukuoka and its Living Environment, an organization fighting excessive construction in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu, announced the establishment of the Fu...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Kitakyushu Leads Nation in Recycling Employment
The Kitakyushu branch of the Bank of Japan released a report on the recycling industry in that city showing that it employs 2,692 people. That number accounts for 0.64% of the nati...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Nishitetsu to Open Hotel in Kagoshima City
The Fukuoka City-based Nishi-Nihon Railroad Co. (Nishitetsu) revealed it planned to operate a hotel in Kagoshima City near the JR Kagoshima Chuo Station. The hotel will be located ...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Fukuoka Jisho Mulling Management of Disney Facility
Fukuoka Jisho, the developer of Canal City 2, a shopping and entertainment complex planned in Fukuoka City, is considering the establishment of an affiliated unit to develop and ma...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Most Kyushu Assemblies Get D Rating by National Ombudsman Group
A national federation of citizen ombudsmen released their “report card” on the transparency, vitality, and effectiveness of expenditures for 103 local governmental assemblies natio...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Venison Hot Dogs
Kwassui Women’s College of Nagasaki City and the Deer Company, which processes the meat from deer raised on their own ranch in Minamishimabara, have jointly developed hot dogs made...
Sep 4, 2008 Local News
Chimaki-ya Closes
Chimaki-ya, the only department store in Yamaguchi City, closed all operations on August 31st. The company operating the store, which has been in business for 153 years, will reorg...
