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Feb 27, 2013 Local News
Volunteers Needed to Save Itoshima Pines
To help rejuvenate the coastal pine forest in Itoshima, a citizen’s group called the Local Beach Brigade is calling on local residents to join them at Shimakeya on Mar. 3 and 23 to...
Feb 25, 2013 Local News
Itoshima Urges Use of Forest Thinnings with Subsidy Plan
With the steady decline in wood prices, many regions face the issue of “throwaway thinning”, but Itoshima City announced a new project for the upcoming fiscal year to effectively i...
Feb 21, 2013 Local News
Kyudai Issues Proposal on Hakozaki Campus Site Use
The Kyushu University Future Vision Review Committee, a panel which has been discussing ways to use the Hakozaki Campus site, has issued a proposal to use the land, once it is vaca...
Feb 13, 2013 Local News
Annual Aso Grass Burn-Off Begins
The grass burn-off in the Mt. Aso area began Feb 10, with the assistance of 60 volunteers. On the first day, 26 hectares were burned. The plans are that by April, 16,000 hectares w...
Feb 8, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka Offers Free Electric Car Sharing
Fukuoka City has begun offering a free electric car sharing service to residents in order to promote the spread of the eco-friendly cars. Until Mar. 22 the City will lend out three...
Feb 7, 2013 Local News
City to Adopt Renewable Energy Systems at H20 Plants
This year Fukuoka City will begin adopting power generation systems that use renewable energy at some of its sewage treatment and water purification plants. The systems in the sewa...
Feb 6, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka to Begin Forecasting Particulates this Summer
At a press conference on Feb. 5, Fukuoka City Mayor Soichiro Takashima said the city will discuss establishing its own standards for PM2.5 particulates, microscopic air pollutants ...
Feb 5, 2013 Local News
Kyushu Prepares As Toxic Fog Blankets China
On Feb. 4 China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection announced that a thick fog containing toxic substances had spread to cover a quarter of the country’s landmass and had affect...
Feb 1, 2013 Local News
Kyuden Responds to New Safety Rule for Nuke Plants
On. Jan. 30, Kyushu Electric Power president Michiaki Uryu said the company will be ready to adhere to the new safety standards for nuclear power plants to be released by the Nucle...
Jan 30, 2013 Local News
City to Switch to LED Streetlights
On Jan. 29, Fukuoka City announced it will switch all of its 35,000 mercury-vapor streetlights to LED over the next 15 years. The city will start by spending ¥60 million to install...