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Oct 11, 2012 Local News
Using Water Pipes to Breed Clams
As a way to deal with the sharp reduction in the clam population nationwide, the Fukuoka Fisheries and Marine Technology Research Center has developed a device to breed clams using...
Oct 11, 2012 Local News
Company Develops Solar Panel Fault Detector
System JD of Fukuoka City has developed a device for easily detecting faults in individual solar panels when they are used in combination with many panels in megasolar plants. The ...

Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Hay Fever Forecast for Spring 2013
The Japan Weather Association has announced its 2013 hay fever forecast, with good news for Kyushu! Next spring, the pollen count for Kyushu and Shikoku areas is going to be around...
Oct 4, 2012 Local News
Roof Megasolar Installation in Kumamoto
Fukuoka City-based Rohasu Solar Japan, a company selling and installing solar generators, has leased the roof of a warehouse in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, and will install a...
Sep 27, 2012 Local News
Megasolar Plant to be Built on Amami Island
A ceremony marking the start of construction on a megasolar power plant was held on Amami. According the Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry, it is the first megasolar po...
Sep 27, 2012 Local News
Kitakyushu Begins Burning Rubble
The city of Kitakyushu began burning rubble created from the Tohoku earthquake in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, at three incineration plants. They are the first municipality in Ky...
Sep 20, 2012 Local News
Typhoons Passing Kyushu By
Since 2000, a remarkably small number of typhoons have come ashore at Kyushu, and a record was set during the period of 2000 – 2003 when none came ashore for four straight years. F...
Sep 20, 2012 Local News
Kyushu’s Mountainous Regions in a Dangerous State
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has released information detailing its concerns about the possibility of deep-seated landslides occurring throughout the country...

Sep 14, 2012 Local News
Kyuden to Raise Electricity Prices Next Year
Kyushu Electric Power Co. Ltd., (Kyuden), has announced that they intend to raise electricity prices by 10% from April, 2013. It will be the first rate rise since 1980. It is expec...
Sep 13, 2012 Local News
10% Power Saving Achieved Over Summer
It has been announced that the 10% summer power-saving requested to the public by Kyushu Electric Co., was achieved. The company said that it may have a similar request in winter t...