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Mar 8, 2023 Local News
Sweet Potato Rot Disease Sparks Concern for Shochu Production in Kyushu
Sweet potato rot disease is spreading across Japan, causing a shortage of sweet potatoes used in the production of shochu. Kirishima Shuzo and Hamada Shuzo, two major shochu makers...
Feb 8, 2023 Local News
Miyazaki City Tops The List For Highest Spending On Gyoza Again
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced the results of its 2022 household survey on February 7. According to the survey, the household expenditure per capita ...
Nov 24, 2022 Local News
Tourist Train Switches to Ramen Pork Bone Broth Based Fuel
Takachiho Amaterasu Railway (Takachiho Town, Miyazaki Prefecture) has switched the fuel for its sightseeing carts to biodiesel fuel made from pork bone ramen soup. As part of the c...
Oct 19, 2022 Local News
Miyazaki Beaujolais Debut Before France
Made in Miyazaki, nouveau wines have arrived ahead of the international Beaujolais nouveau day. On Oct. 15, four local wineries celebrated the release of their first wines of the 2...
Sep 22, 2022 Local News
Nagasaki and Miyazaki Selected As G7 Venues
Two of the meetings for the G7 Leaders Summit in Hiroshima will take place in the cities of Nagasaki and Miyazaki next year. Nagasaki will host an international ministers’ meeting ...
Sep 16, 2022 Local News
Miyazaki Beef Bows Out of Beef Competition
Miyazaki Prefecture bowed out of a competition known as the Olympics of wagyu. The cow, ‘Morihiro-sakura,’ failed to get all the vaccinations required to join the competition. The ...
Aug 4, 2022 Local News
Miyazaki Airline Turns Twenty
Solaseed Air celebrated its 20th anniversary recently. The Miyazaki-based airline company has served over 24 million passengers since it began as Skynet Asia Airways in...
Jun 20, 2022 Local News
Kyuden Completes New High Voltage Cable Network
Kyushu Electric Power Transmission and Distribution began using a new high voltage cable throughout Kyushu. Construction of some 290 transmission towers for ‘Himuka-kansen’ was...
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...
