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Mar 9, 2022 Local News
Saga University Study Links Stink Bugs Bits To Low Crop Yield
A Saga-University study about transgenerational changes in bean-bug-infested soy plants was published in an American Science magazine. The Plos One magazine introduced the discover...
Mar 9, 2022 Local News
Ponytails Considered Too Stimulating In Kagoshima Junior High Schools
Have you wondered why some school prohibits girls’ ponytails? A junior high school student in Kagoshima became skeptical when her teacher explained that boys become aroused by unaj...
Mar 9, 2022 Local News
Automated Bus Trial To Be Run at Fukuoka Airport
Nishitetsu will run a trial for self-driving buses at Fukuoka Airport. For one month from Mar. 8, a bus built by Isuzu and carrying 79 passengers will run along a 1.4-kilometer rou...
Mar 9, 2022 Local News
500 Chicken Hot Pot Gift Sets Mistakenly Sold for One Yen
Yoshitomi Town offered one of its furusato taxation gifts for only ¥1 by mistake. On Mar. 7, the smallest town in Fukuoka Prefecture listed a mizutaki chicken hot-pot set online as...
Mar 9, 2022 Local News
One of Japan’s Largest Sauna’s To Open in Saga City
One of Japan’s largest sauna facilities will open in Saga City in late April. Saga no Yudokoro Komorebi offers bathing in 100% natural hot spring water inside a 2,100-square-meter ...
Mar 8, 2022 Local News
Itoshima City Using Easy-To-Understand Japanese Language Manual For City Office Staff
Itoshima City developed a guidebook for its staff to promote foreigner friendliness. The guide introduces ways to replace formal office use terms with easy-to-understand phrases al...
Mar 8, 2022 Local News
Miyazaki Factory Offering Low Cost Suits To High School Graduates
Miyazaki Factory, which took over the D’urban luxury suit brand, offers tailor-made suits for local high school students. The project targets those graduating this month and encour...
Mar 8, 2022 Local News
JR Group Tech Lab Testing Zero Loss Technology in Miyazaki
JR group’s Railway Technical Research Institute is running a trial of the world’s first zero-loss electricity transmission system in Miyazaki Prefecture. Aiming to apply super-cond...
Mar 8, 2022 Local News
Queen Beetle to Operate Between Hakata and Moji
JR Kyushu announced its ultra-modern ferry, the Queen Beetle, will operate between Hakata Port and Moji Port from April 10. The ship, whose registration changed to Japan from Panam...
Mar 7, 2022 Local News
Kumamoto Startup Uses AI App To Weigh Pigs
A Kumamoto-based startup company, Corntec, Inc., will soon release a free version of an AI-powered application to manage weight records of pigs on pig farms. The iPhone and iPad so...
