Local News
- TOP
- Local News
Sep 5, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Rice Crops Fare Well
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries released its 2013 Crop Situation Report on Aug. 30. Favorable weather conditions after the rainy season led to “somewhat good” r...
Aug 29, 2013 Local News
Typhoon 15 Kong-Rey
The Japan Weather Association released information this morning that “Typhoon 15 Kong-rey” is currently moving northerly across the country from Yonaguni Island, Okinawa. As a resu...
Aug 21, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Dam Levels Low, Residents Asked to Conserve
With minimal rain since the rainy season, there are concerns over water shortages throughout Kyushu. The Japan Water Agency has established a task force for the Egawa and Terauchi ...
Aug 20, 2013 Local News
Kyushu’s Electricity Consumption Peaks
Kyushu Electric Power Company announced that yesterday Aug. 19 was the Kyushu’s highest power usage day of this summer, reaching 16,190,000 kilowatts at around 16:00. Electricity u...
Aug 19, 2013 Local News
Sakurajima Record Eruption
Located just across the bay from Kagoshima City (population 600,000), Sakurajima, one of Japan's most active volcanoes, experienced one of its most powerful eruptions in decades Su...
Jul 17, 2013 Local News
Kyuden Applies to Restart Genkai Reactors
On July 12, Kyushu Electric Power Co. submitted applications to the Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant (Genka...
Jun 24, 2013 Local News
Trio Of Faults Near Genkai May Be Connected
A research team led by Shoichi Shimoyama, an assistant professor of geology at Kyushu University, has found that it is highly likely that three active faults located about 25km fro...
Jun 7, 2013 Local News
Saga’s Mudskippers Bounce Back
According to the Saga Prefectural Fisheries Promotion Center, the number of endangered mudskippers in the Ariake Sea was confirmed to be 7.7 times that of the number recorded 17 ye...
May 20, 2013 Local News
Kyuden to Pursue More Geothermal Power
On May 17 Kyushu Electric Power announced plans to establish a Geothermal Power Center within the Power Generation Division in order to bolster geothermal power initiatives. After ...
May 12, 2013 Local News
Civil Works Venture Suspected Of Sand Fraud
A Fukuoka-based joint venture hired by the Prefecture to conduct sand capping, a technique to improve water quality, in the Ariake Sea is suspected of misstating the amount of sand...
