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Aug 29, 2012 Local News
Asian Black Bears Extinct in Kyushu
Asian Black Bears have officially become extinct in Kyushu despite local groups’ claims of sightings. The last known Asian Black Bear in Kyushu died in 1957. NGO and other groups h...
Aug 23, 2012 Local News
Megasolar School Popular with Students
Kitakyushu City-based Shibaura Holdings opened the first large school in the nation in Omuta in March for training technicians to build megasolar power plants. They’ve been pleased...
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Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Earthquake in Kumamoto and Kagoshima
At 8:46 this morning (Aug. 17) a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit Kumamoto and Kagoshima. Some areas that felt the quake include Amakusa and Ashikita in Kumamoto Prefecture, and the Sa...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Nishitetsu to Install Solar Panels at 12 Bus Stops
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Corp. (Nishitetsu) announced it will install solar power generating panels at 12 bus stops in Fukuoka City. The installation will start on the 27th and end...
Aug 17, 2012 Local News
Kyushu Electric’s CO2 Emissions Rise 40% in 2011
Kyushu Electric Power reports that its CO2 emissions in 2011 rose by 40% from the previous year to 43 million tons. That is the highest amount since 1990. The cause was the increas...
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Aug 16, 2012 Local News
Kyuden Releases Report on Genkai Nuclear Plant
Kyushu Electric Power Company (Kyuden) submitted the results of their first evaluation stress test to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry nuclear safety section on Aug. 13....
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Aug 16, 2012 Local News
Solar Panels to be Installed at Bus Stops
Nishitetsu announced on Aug, 13 that they will install solar panel at 12 bus stops in Fukuoka City. The installation will begin on the 27th and will be completed by early Septembe...
Aug 9, 2012 Local News
Outlook Dim for Kyushu Rice Crop
Rice Databank, a Tokyo company analyzing the rice market, released their forecasts for the current year’s rice crop. While their evaluation of the national crop was “somewhat good”...
Aug 9, 2012 Local News
New Megasolar Plant in Kumamoto
Mitsui & Co. is working with an investment company and another firm to build a megasolar power plant in Nishiki-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture. Construction will begin in October with ...
Aug 2, 2012 Local News
Nishitetsu Involved with Solar Power Generation
The Nishi-Nippon Railway Corp. (Nishitetsu) announced that it will install solar power generation panels with an output of 500 kW on the roof of its car inspection facility in Chik...