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Jan 25, 2019 Local News
Browsing Ants Found in Hakata Port
Browsing ants, native to Southern Europe, have been found at Hakata Port in September 2018. The Environment Ministry reported on Jan. 23 that it was the first such confirmation in ...
Nov 15, 2018 Local News
Royal Host to Discontinue Use of Plastic Straws
Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka City) will eliminate single-use plastic straws from its six-brand restaurants across Japan by 2020 to reduce environmental plastic pollution. The ...
Nov 12, 2018 Local News
Kyudenko Pursue Stable Solar Power
Kyudenko Corporation is looking to commercialize a system that can distribute solar power in a stable manner. The company has developed a low cost energy management system that mak...
Sep 13, 2018 Local News
Water Levels Decrease in Fukuoka Dams
The volume of water available at the Hyugami (Yame City), Minamihata (Nakagawa-machi), Aburagi (Soeda-machi), and Rikimaru (Miyawaka City) Dams has decreased following the end of r...
Jul 20, 2018 Local News
Tairagi Shells Dissipated from Isahaya Bay
Nearly all 2,000 tairagi (pen shells) in Isahaya Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture have been dissipated. The Nagasaki Prefectural Institute of Fisheries confirmed that fresh water ran into ...
Jul 6, 2018 Local News
Heavy Rains Continue in Northern Kyushu – Advisories Issued
Record levels of rain have continue to fall in Northern Kyushu and are expected to continue in the coming days. Landslides and flooding warnings have issued in many areas. People i...
Jul 2, 2018 Local News
Typhoon No. 7 Approaching Kyushu
Typhoon Prapiroon (Typhoon Number 7) continues to move north and away from Okinawa, heading towards Kyushu. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, typhoon no. 7 will continu...
Jun 29, 2018 Local News
Kyushu University’s Hakozaki Campus as a Smart City
Fukuoka City, Kyushu University, and local residents have announced their desire to see IoT technology utilized in the redevelopment of Kyushu University’s Hakozaki Campus. Plannin...
Jun 22, 2018 Local News
Kyushu Financial Group Signs Agreement with MOE
Two of Kyushu Financial Group's subsidiaries (Higo Bank, Ltd. and Kagoshima Bank) signed an agreement called the National Park Official Partnership with the Ministry of the Environ...
Jun 8, 2018 Local News
Kyuden to Carry Out Experiments on Electric Vehicles
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden) announced on May 31 that they will carry out substantive experiments on electric vehicles (EV). Starting from this June, the company will a...
