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Mar 9, 2023 Local News
Kyushu Electric Resumes Normal Operation of Genkai Nuclear Plant
Kyushu Electric Power has resumed normal operation of the No. 4 unit at its Genkai Nuclear Power Plant following regular inspections. The unit had been undergoing inspections since...
Mar 3, 2023 Local News
High Bid of 2 Million Yen for 8 Pieces of Saga’s ‘Nijumaru’ Citrus Fruit
Saga Prefecture auctioned off its luxury citrus fruit "Nijumaru" for the first time in its third year in Saga City, where the highest bid was won for 2 million yen with a congratul...
Feb 28, 2023 Local News
Saga City Mayor Accepts V-22 Osprey Deployment Plan
On the 27th, the mayor of Saga City announced at a press conference held at the city hall that he would accept the deployment plan of the Ground Self-Defense Force's transport airc...
Feb 8, 2023 Local News
Kyushu Electric Power Restarts Operation of Reactor 4 at Genkai Nuclear Plant
Kyushu Electric Power Company restarted the operation of reactor 4 at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Genkai-cho on February 7. The two reactors are now in operation, which has n...
Feb 3, 2023 Local News
Kyushu Electric to Consider Early Restart for Genkai Unit 4
The facility is equipped to inject water if the reactor loses its cooling function in the event of an aircraft collision. Genkai Unit 3 was completed on December 5, 2022., and resu...
Jan 27, 2023 Local News
Local Buses in Saga Prefecture Free of Charge Twice a Week
Saga Prefecture has a high rate of automobile use, and the number of people who use public transportation is much lower than in Tokyo or Fukuoka. To promote a "walking lifestyle," ...
Dec 9, 2022 Local News
Genkai Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 to Resume Operations
Kyushu Electric Power Co. announced on December 7 that Genkai Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 (Genkai-machi, Saga Prefecture), which has been shut down since late January due to...
Nov 2, 2022 Local News
Wild Boar Bites Elderly Woman in Karatsu
According to the police, at around 6:30 a.m. on November 1, a woman in her 70s was walking on a street in Ouchi-cho, Karatsu City, when a wild boar approached her from behind and s...
Sep 16, 2022 Local News
JR Kyushu’s New Sightseeing Train the Futatsuboshi 4047 Ready to Roll
The Futatsuboshi 4047, which was unveiled on Sep. 15, will ride through Saga and Nagasaki, and make its debut on Sep. 23, the same day as the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen Kamome. The in...
Sep 2, 2022 Local News
Saga Prefecture First To Discontinue Covid-19 Daily Count Report System
Saga Prefecture became one of the first four municipalities in Japan to discontinue tracking the new coronavirus daily counts. As of August 31, medical institutions in Saga would n...