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Oct 3, 2016 Local News
Typhoon No. 18 Approaching Kyushu
A powerful typhoon (Chaba) is approaching Kyushu and is expected to make its way up the east coast of Kyushu, continuing eastward at a relatively slow speed of 20km/hr, but with ve...

Sep 2, 2016 Local News
Kyuden to Keep Sendai Reactors Open
Sources say that Kyushu Electric Power Co. has decided not to shut off the reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant despite a recent request from Kagoshima Governor Satoshi Mitaz...

Sep 2, 2016 Local News
Typhoon No. 12 Approaching Kyushu
Typhoon No. 12, dubbed “Nam Theun”, is currently moving northeast towards West Japan at 15 km/h. Okinawa and the Amami area are currently experiencing very strong winds, which are ...

Aug 29, 2016 Local News
Governor Calls for Suspension of Kagoshima Nuclear Reactors
The governor of Kagoshima, Satoshi Mitazono, has requested that Kyushu Electric Power Co. immediately suspend operation of the two reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant. These...

Aug 10, 2016 Local News
How to Survive the Kyushu Heat
More people are being hospitalised with heat stroke than last year. What’s more, the high temperatures are predicted to continue until October. To prevent heat stroke...

Jun 24, 2016 Local News
Nishitetsu Participates in Light Down Campaign 2016
The Nishitetsu Group has announced that they are once again participating in the Light Down Campaign (which started in 2003). To reduce their carbon dioxide emissions, Nishitetsu w...

Jun 17, 2016 Local News
Prefecture, Fukuoka U. Develop New Waste Oil Recycling Process
The Fukuoka Research Commercialization Center for Recycling Systems (FRC), a Kitakyushu-based prefectural institute, together with researchers from Fukuoka University, has develope...

Jun 2, 2016 Local News
First Smog Warning in Four Years Issued
On May 30, three cities, including Fukuoka and Kitakyushu, and two towns in Fukuoka Prefecture issued photochemical smog warnings. The warnings were the first...

May 31, 2016 Local News
City to Develop and Test Fuel Cell Truck
On May 25, Fukuoka City announced plans to team up with two automobile R&D firms and a transportation company to develop Japan’s first-ever fuel cell truck. The truck will run on h...

Apr 20, 2016 Local News
Experts Warn of Yet Another Major Quake
An earthquake measuring Upper 5 on the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) seismic intensity scale struck Yatsushiro City in southern Kumamoto at just before 18:00 on Apr. 19, bringi...