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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...
Sep 10, 2012 Local News
Free Hybrid Car Rental In Kita-Q!
From Sep. 1, Kitakyushu City began renting out hybrid cars to the public on weekends for free! The rental system is part of an Kitakyushu City’s aim to become a more environmentall...
Sep 6, 2012 Local News
July Storms Cause 188 Billion Yen in Damage
The aggregate damage suffered by Fukuoka, Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures during the July storms totaled 188 billion yen, the Nishinippon Shimbun reports. The damage to roads, river...
