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Feb 17, 2022 Local News
Study Shows Hardship of Kyushu-based Zanryu-houjin
A recent survey revealed that over 60% of those born to zanryu-houjin parents (Japanese individuals who remained in China after WWII) in China have lived on welfare in Fukuoka and ...
Feb 15, 2022 Local News
YAMAP Announced Kyushu Ranking of Most Popular Mountains Among Climbers 2021
The Fukuoka-based startup, Yamap, announced the ranking of mountains in Kyushu that attracted the most climbers in 2021. Kuju Renzan (Kuju mountain range 1,791 m) was...
Feb 1, 2022 Local News
Kamome Shinkansen Public Viewing Event Announced
JR Kyushu will invite 2,600 members of the public to visit the railway yard of Kamome shinkansen. Guests can enter the yard to see the inside of the train cars for about an hour on...
Feb 1, 2022 Local News
National Government Supports Establishment of Semiconductor Engineer Training in Kyushu
The national government plans to develop a new educational base in Kyushu to train more semiconductor engineers. An industry-government-academia organization would launch by March ...
Jan 28, 2022 Local News
Gasoline Prices Near ¥180/l in Kagoshima and Nagasaki
Gasoline prices around Kyushu are soaring. As of Jan. 24, Nagasaki Prefecture recorded Japan’s highest average price of ¥177.5/l. Kagoshima also hit an average price of ¥177.0/l. P...
Jan 26, 2022 Local News
Metaverse Program Used on Construction Site in Kyushu
MLIT’s Kyushu Regional Development Bureau achieved the first application of metaverse in civil engineering. The newly developed system leverages a 3D gaming model to create realist...
Jan 26, 2022 Local News
Kyuden Group Company Invests In UAE Undersea Cable Project
Two companies belonging to the Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) group have invested in an undersea cable development project in UAE. The program would install two undersea cables to ...
Jan 18, 2022 Local News
Restrictions For Three Prefectures In Kyushu Impending
In an effort to slow down the surging spread of the Omicron variant, ‘mann-enn boushi to juten sochi’ program is expected to begin in three Kyushu prefectures. The national governm...
Jan 12, 2022 Local News
Sapporo Sakura Beer Production Resumes in Kyushu
Sapporo Breweries Ltd. announced the revival of Sapporo Sakura Beer. For over eighty years since its first release in 1913, Sakura Beer was produced at a factory in Moji Ward (Kita...
Dec 24, 2021 Local News
JR Kyushu Converts 29 More Stations To Unmanned Stations
Twenty-nine JR stations in Kyushu will be converted to unmanned stations by March 2022. JR Kyushu recently revealed the names of those stations, including nine in Fukuoka Prefectur...